Prince Iemasa Tokugawa also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan.
Tokugawa as the President of the House of Peers (1946-1947)
Iemasa Tokugawa
Tokugawa Iemasa and his wife, Shimazu Naoko
The House of Peers was the upper house of the Imperial Diet as mandated under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan.
House of Peers, 1915
Emperor Meiji in a formal session of the House of Peers. Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Yōshū Chikanobu, 1890
The House of Peers in 1910
Image: Itō Hirobumi