The Imperial Family tried to give Kiri-mon (paulownia patterns) to the Tokugawa family in order to follow the precedent of the Ashikaga clan, Nobunaga ODA and Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, but the Tokugawa family refused to receive it.
天皇家は足利氏、織田信長、豊臣秀吉の例に倣い桐紋を徳川家にも与えようとしたが、徳川家はこれを固辞した。