was a Japanese ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominall ...

'' of the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional ''daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was character ...

, who ruled

Hiroshima Domain The was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1601 to 1871. The Hiroshima Domain was based at Hiroshima Castle in Aki Province, in the modern city of Hiroshima, located in the Chūgoku region of the island of ...

. His childhood name was Sennosuke (), later Tamegorō ().

Family

* Father: Asano Nagatomo * Wife: Shunhime, daughter of Asano Nagakane * Adopted Sons: ** Asano Nagakoto ** Asano Yukitoshi (1861–1936) He was succeeded by his nephew Asano Nagakoto (1842-1937), son of his brother Asano Toshiteru.

References

1812 births 1872 deaths Daimyo Asano clan {{Daimyo-stub