Asano Nagaakira

Asano Nagaakira (浅野 長晟, March 18, 1586 – October 16, 1632) was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period who served as daimyō of Wakayama Domain, and was later transferred to the Hiroshima Domain.[1]

Asano Nagaakira
Lord of Ashimori
In office
1610–1613
Preceded byKinoshita Katsutoshi
Succeeded byKinoshita Toshifusa
Lord of Wakayama
In office
1613–1619
Preceded byAsano Yoshinaga
Succeeded byTokugawa Yorinobu
Lord of Hiroshima
In office
1619–1632
Preceded byFukushima Masanori
Succeeded byAsano Mitsuakira
Personal details
Born1586
Died1632
NationalityJapanese
Spouse(s)Furihime

Biography

Born Asano Iwamatsu, he was the son of Asano Nagamasa, who was a senior retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In 1594, Nagaakira was made a retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and awarded a stipend of 3,000 koku. Allying his forces to Tokugawa Ieyasu six years later at the Battle of Sekigahara, he was subsequently awarded with the 24,000 koku Ashimori Domain. As his brother Yukinaga died heirless in 1613, Nagaakira succeeded him, becoming daimyō of Wakayama Domain.[1] At the Siege of Ōsaka, he commanded a portion of Tokugawa Ieyasu's army. In the summer of 1615, Toyotomi Hideyori's Western Army moved to attack Asano's castle at Wakayama. Though most of Asano's forces were at Ōsaka, besieging Toyotomi's fortress, the remaining garrison outnumbered the Western warriors, and Asano led his men in sallying forth to meet the enemy in the Battle of Kashii.[2]

Asano also fought in the Battle of Tennōji, the decisive final battle in the Siege of Ōsaka, where he commanded Tokugawa's rear guard. In 1619, he was granted the lordship of Hiroshima Domain in Aki Province, which would be the home of the Asano family until the Meiji Restoration.[3] Nagaakira was married to Furihime, the widow of Gamō Hideyuki and third daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu.[3]

Family

References

  1. 浅野氏
  2. "ÀõÌîĹÚð¤ÎÎóÅÁ". Archived from the original on 2007-07-07. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
  3. Papinot, Edmond (1906). Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon. p. 28.

Further reading

  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.
Preceded by
Kinoshita Katsutoshi
Daimyō of Ashimori
1610–1613
Succeeded by
Kinoshita Toshifusa
Preceded by
Asano Yoshinaga
Daimyō of Wakayama
1613–1619
Succeeded by
Tokugawa Yorinobu
Preceded by
Fukushima Masanori
Daimyō of Hiroshima
1619–1632
Succeeded by
Asano Mitsuakira
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