Asano Nagayoshi (1927–2007) was the 30th 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 fam ...
, which ruled over
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 Ho ...
before 1871.
Early life
Asano's parents were
Asano Nagatake and Princess Yamashina no miya Yasuko, daughter of
Prince Yamashina Kikumaro
, was the second head of the Yamashina-no-miya, a collateral line of the Japanese imperial family.
Early life
Prince Yamashina Kikumaro was the son of Prince Yamashina Akira. His mother was a concubine, Nakajo Chieko, but as Prince Akira had no ...
.
References
1927 births
2007 deaths
Asano clan
20th-century Japanese politicians
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