Conclusion

Reflecting on Tokugawa Masako's Life

     Tokugawa Masako fulfilled her role as the daughter of a Tokugawa shogun and empress consort till the very end. Her existence itself was meaningful, but she did not let her role end there by utilizing her status and resources to improve relations and better the community. She was also able to express her talent in the arts under the name Tōfukumon-in alongside her husband Emperor Gomizunoo who was also invested in the field. Her legacy continued as the mother to a female monarch which was extremely rare throughout the Imperial family history in Japan despite being known as the longest hereditary monarchy in the history of the world.