Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname Usage Japanese (Rare) Scripts 徳川(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. TOH-KU-GAH-WA [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 5/19/2014 by anonymous Edited 2/11/2020 by Mike C Meaning & History The kanji in this surname : Toku ("Virtue") + Gawa ("River"). Ieyasu Tokugawa was the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.