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
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
, who ruled the
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 ...
. He was the chamberlain of Aki
and held the title of ''
Aki no kami''. His childhood name was Iwamatsu (岩松).
During the
47 ''rōnin'' incident, Tsunanaga sent a messenger to Akō, which was ruled by a branch family of the Hiroshima Asano, and recommended that
Ōishi Kuranosuke peacefully surrender the castle to the shogunate's envoys.
His daughter married the court noble
Ichijō Kaneka.
Family
* Father:
Asano Tsunaakira
* Mother: Kujō Aiko (d. 1659), daughter of the regent
Kujō Michifusa (son of the regent
Kujō Yukiie and Toyotomi Sadako), and Matsudaira Tsuruhime (daughter of
Matsudaira Tadanao, 2nd Daimyo of
Fukui Domain and Tokugawa Katsuhime, daughter of the 2nd shōgun
Tokugawa Hidetada and
Asai Oeyo))
* Wife: Tokugawa Atehime (1666–1683), daughter of
Tokugawa Mitsutomo, 2nd Daimyo of
Owari Domain
The Owari-Han, also known as the Owari Domain, was a significant feudal domain in Tokugawa shogunate, Japan during the Edo period. Situated in the western region of what is now Aichi Prefecture, it covered portions of Owari Province, Owari, Mino ...
* Children:
**
Asano Yoshinaga by Atehime
** Asano Nagakata (1693–1744)
** Nakagawa Hisayoshi (1708–1743)
** Umehime married Ogasawara Tadamoto of
Kokura Domain
** daughter married
Kujō Morotaka
, son of regent Sukezane, was a ''kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). His consort was a daughter of fourth head of Hiroshima Domain
The was a large domain that owned all of Aki Province and half of Bingo Provin ...
** daughter married the regent
Ichijō Kaneka
** daughter married
Matsudaira Sukekuni of
Hamamatsu Domain
** daughter married Matsudaira Yoshikata of Mutsu-Yanagawa Domain
** daughter married Mizuno Tadamoto of
Matsumoto Domain later married Mori Naganari of
Akō Domain later married Kawaha Tadateru
References
1659 births
1708 deaths
Daimyo
Asano clan
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