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Asano Naganao

Asano Naganao (浅野 長直?, 1610 – September 15, 1672) was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period, who ruled the Akō Domain.[1] He was classified as a tozama, and Akō under his rule was 53,000 koku in size.[2] Naganao was responsible for the construction of Akō Castle.[3]

Preceded by
Asano Nagashige
Daimyō of Kasama
1632–1645
Succeeded by
Inoue Masatoshi
Preceded by
Ikeda Teruoki
Daimyō of Akō
1645–1671
Succeeded by
Asano Nagatomo

References[]

  • This article is derived from corresponding content on the Japanese Wikipedia.
  1. Totman, Conrad (1995). Early Modern Japan. University of California Press. pp. 171–172. ISBN 9780520203563. https://archive.org/details/earlymodernjapan0000totm. 
  2. Masahide, Bitō Masahide; Smith, Henry D. II (2003). "The Akō Incident, 1701–1703". pp. 149–170. JSTOR 25066212. 
  3. Bowring, Richard (2017). In Search of the Way: Thought and Religion in Early-modern Japan, 1582–1860. Oxford University Press. p. 109. ISBN 9780198795230. 
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