Asano Shigeakira (December 2, 1743 – January 4, 1814) was a Japanese ''

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 Edo period, who ruled the Hiroshima Domain. Asano Shigeakira

Family

* Father: Asano Munetsune * Mother: Izumi no Kata * Wives: ** Tokugawa Kunihime (1736–1767), daughter of

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, 8th Daimyo of

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** Tokugawa Yokohime (1751–1773), daughter of

* Children: ** Iwamatsu by Kunihime ** Asano Narikata by Yokohime ** Mori Hayatsu (1769–1801) of Mikazuki Domain ** Asano Nagatoshi ** Asano Nagatomo ** Asano Samumaru ** Katsuko married Mizuno Tadamitsu of

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** Koki-in married

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** daughter married Ito Hirotami of Obi Domain ** daughter married Asano Nagakata ** daughter married Akimoto Chikatomo ** daughter married Ogasawara Nagateru

References

1743 births 1814 deaths Daimyo Asano clan {{Daimyo-stub