descended from Tokugawa Ieyasu from Matsudaira clan; famous for Tokugawa shogunate.
Cadet branches
Various, including
- Gosanke:
- Owari-Tokugawa family
- Kishū-Tokugawa family, with 3 cadet branches Gosankyō:
- Tayasu family
- Hitotsubashi family
- Shimizu family
- Mito-Tokugawa family
- Matsudo-Tokugawa family
- Tokugawa Yoshinobu family
Tokugawa clan (徳川氏) - descended from Tokugawa Ieyasu from Matsudaira clan; famous for Tokugawa shogunate.
- Tokugawa Shōgun family (徳川将軍家) - head family.
- Tokugawa family of Kōfu (甲府徳川家) - descended from Tokugawa Tsunashige, 3rd son of Tokugawa Iemitsu.
- Tokugawa family of Tatebayashi (館林徳川家) - descended from Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.
- Tokugawa Yoshinobu family (徳川慶喜家) - descended from Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
- Gosanke (御三家)
- Tokugawa family of Kishū (紀州徳川家) - also known as Kii Tokugawa family; descended from Tokugawa Yorinobu, 10th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu; famous for Tokugawa Yoshimune and Tokugawa Iemochi.
- Tokugawa family of Mito (水戸徳川家) - descended from Tokugawa Yorifusa, 11th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu; famous for Tokugawa Mitsukuni.
- Tokugawa family of Matsudo (松戸徳川家) - cadet branch of Tokugawa family of Mito.
- Tokugawa family of Owari (尾張徳川家) - descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, 9th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
- Gosankyō (御三卿)
- Tokugawa family of Hitotsubashi (一橋徳川家) - descended from Tokugawa Munetada, 4th son of Tokugawa Yoshimune.
- Tokugawa family of Shimizu (清水徳川家) - descended from Tokugawa Shigeyoshi, 2nd son of Tokugawa Ieshige.
- Tokugawa family of Tayasu (田安徳川家) - descended from Tokugawa Munetake, 2nd son of Tokugawa Yoshimune.