The Imperial Family tried to give Kiri-mon (paulownia patterns) to the Tokugawa family in order to follow the precedent of the Ashikaga clan, Nobunaga ODA and Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, but the Tokugawa family refused to receive it. |
天皇家は足利氏、織田信長、豊臣秀吉の例に倣い桐紋を徳川家にも与えようとしたが、徳川家はこれを固辞した。 |