Asano Nagayuki (June 27, 1864 – April 23, 1947) was the 28th family head of the
Asano clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan, and the Emperor Seiwa (850-881), the 56th Emperor of Japan. The Main Lineage (''sōke'', 宗家) were Lords (daimyō) of the Hiroshima Domain in Aki Province and another f ...
, which ruled over
Hiroshima Domain
The was a large domain that owned all of Aki Province and half of Bingo Province. It occupies most of current Hiroshima Prefecture. The domain office was located at Hiroshima Castle in Sato District, Aki Province (renamed Numata District in 1 ...
before 1871.
He was cousin of the last feudal lord (''
daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and no ...
'') of Hiroshima Domain
Asano Nagakoto
Marquis was a ''daimyō'' of Hiroshima Domain for a short time after the Meiji Restoration. For the rest of the Meiji period, he was a politician and diplomat, and was one of the last surviving Japanese ''daimyō'' ( Hayashi Tadataka and Wak ...
, and succeeded him as head of the Asano family upon his death in 1937.
Family
* Father: Asano Nagaatsu (1843–1873)
* Adoptive Father:
Asano Nagakoto
Marquis was a ''daimyō'' of Hiroshima Domain for a short time after the Meiji Restoration. For the rest of the Meiji period, he was a politician and diplomat, and was one of the last surviving Japanese ''daimyō'' ( Hayashi Tadataka and Wak ...
* Wives:
** Matsudaira Akiko, daughter of
Matsudaira Sadayasu of
Matsue Domain
270px, Surviving walls and moat of Matsue Castle
270px, Matsudaira Sadayasu, final ''daimyō'' of Matsue
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now eastern Shimane Prefecture. It was centered around ...
** Ōkōchi Kyoko, daughter of Ōkōchi Teruna of
Takasaki Domain
file:Takasaki Castle 20101001-05.jpg, 270px, Surviving yagura of Takasaki Castle, headquarters of Takasaki Domain
was a Han (Japan), feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Kōzuke Province (modern-day Gunma Pref ...
* Children:
**
Asano Nagatake
** Ōkōchi Terunobu by Kyoko
** Asano Teruatsu
See also
*
Kazoku
The was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947. It was formed by merging the feudal lords (''Daimyo, daimyō'') and court nobles (''kuge'') into one system modelled after the British peerage. Distin ...
References
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Members of the House of Peers (Japan)
1864 births
1947 deaths
Asano clan