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Tokugawa Mitsukuni (July 11, 1628 - January 14, 1701) was a prominent daimyo in the Mito domain who was known for his influence in politics of his era.
He complied a huge collection of Japanese history, Dai Nihon shi. In it, he depicted Japan as a nation under the Emperor, analogous to that in Chinese dynasties. This helped the rise of nationalism in the late shogunate and in the Mito domain later.
