Asano Mitsuakira (September 11, 1617 – May 27, 1693) was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period who served as ''
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 the Hiroshima Domain from 1632 to 1672. His childhood name was Ichimatsu () and later become Iwamatsu ().
Family
* Father:
Asano Nagaakira
* Mother: Tokugawa Furihime (1580–1617), third daughter of the shōgun
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...
* Wife: Maeda Manhime (1618–1700), daughter of
Maeda Toshitsune, 2nd Daimyo of
Kaga Domain and Tokugawa Tamahime (daughter of the 2nd shōgun
Tokugawa Hidetada and
Asai Oeyo)
* Children:
**
Asano Tsunaakira (1637–1673) by Manhime
** Asano Naganao (1644–1666) by Manhime
** Asano Nagateru (1652–1702) by Manhime
** Ichihime married Tozawa Masanobu of
Shinjō Domain by Manhime
** Kamehime married Sengoku Tadatoshi of
Ueda Domain by Manhime
** Hisahime married Ogasawara Tadakatsu of
Kokura Domain by Manhime
References
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Daimyo
Samurai
1617 births
1693 deaths
Asano clan