Surf Wiki
Save to docs
people/1580s

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Asano Nagaakira

Japanese samurai

Japanese samurai

FieldValue
nationalityJapanese
imageNagaakira Asano.jpg
orderLord of Ashimori
term_start1610
term_end1613
predecessorKinoshita Katsutoshi
successorKinoshita Toshifusa
order2Lord of Wakayama
term_start21613
term_end21619
predecessor2Asano Yoshinaga
successor2Tokugawa Yorinobu
order3Lord of Hiroshima
term_start31619
term_end31632
predecessor3Fukushima Masanori
successor3Asano Mitsuakira
birth_date1586
death_date1632
spouseFurihime

Asano Nagaakira was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period who served as daimyō of Wakayama Domain, and was later transferred to the Hiroshima Domain.

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. 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.

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. Nagaakira was married to Furihime, the widow of Gamō Hideyuki and third daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Family

  • Father: Asano Nagamasa
  • Mother: Cho-Sei-in (d.1616), adopted daughter of Asano Nagakatsu, daughter of Sugihara Sadatoshi and Asahidono.
  • Wife: Furihime (1580-1617), third daughter of the shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • Children:
    • Asano Nagaharu (1614-1675)
    • Asano Mitsuakira by Furihime

References

References

  1. [https://archive.today/20130111190820/http://nekhet.ddo.jp/people/japan/asano01.html 浅野氏]
  2. "ÀõÌîĹÚð¤ÎÎóÅÁ".
  3. Papinot, Edmond. (1906). "Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon".
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

daimyo samurai 1586-births 1632-deaths asano-clan deified-japanese-men
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Asano Nagaakira — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report