The Matsudaira clan (松平氏, Matsudaira-shi^?) is a Japanese clan that originated in and took its name from Matsudaira county, in the old Mikawa province. It is known for being the clan into which Tokugawa Ieyasu was born. Before taking the Tokugawa surname, he was known as Matsudaira Takechiyo. The reason for changing his surname from Matsudaira to Tokugawa is to claim to have imperial decent from the Minamoto clan, by way of Nitta Yoshisue. In adopting the new surname, Ieyasu founded what became the Tokugawa shogunal house. Grave of Iwakuni Kikkawa clan at Mount Koya. ... The article incorporates text from OpenHistory. ... Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu The Tokugawa clan crest Tokugawa Ieyasu (previously spelled Iyeyasu); 徳川 家康 (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. ... The Tokugawa clan crest The Tokugawa clan ) was a powerful daimyo family of Japan. ... Seiryoji, a temple in Kyoto, was once a villa of Minamoto no Toru (d. ...

Prior to the ascendancy of Ieyasu as shogun, the Matsudaira clan had 14 branches: Takenoya (竹谷, Takenoya^?), Katanohara (形原, Katanohara^?), Ōgusa (大草, Ōgusa^?), Nagasawa (長沢, Nagasawa^?), Nōmi (能見, Nōmi^?), Goi (五井, Goi^?), Fukōzu (深溝, Fukōzu^?), Ogyū (大給, Ogyū^?), Takiwaki (滝脇, Takiwaki^?), Fukama (福釜, Fukama^?), Sakurai (桜井, Sakurai^?), Tōjō (東条, Tōjō^?), Fujii (藤井, Fujii^?), and Mitsugi (三木, Mitsugi^?). While they did not always see eye to eye, many of these branches went on to become domainal lords in their own right during the Edo Period. The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Edo Period. ...

The Matsudaira family still exists today, notable members include Yorihiro Matsudaira, awardee of the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting in 1981. The Bronze Wolf is the only award made by the World Scout Committee. ... The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the supranational organization which governs most national Scouting movements. ... The World Scout Committee is the executive body of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). ... Scouts and Guides from different countries on World Scout Moot 1996 Scouting, or the Scout movement, is a worldwide youth movement of multiple organizations for both boys and girls whose aim is to develop young people physically, spiritually and mentally so that youth may take a constructive place in society. ...

Sources

• Rekishi Dokuhon, "Tokugawa Shōgun-ke to Matsudaira Ichizoku", January 2006.