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 n ...
'' of the Hiroshima Domain from 1632 to 1672. His childhood name was Ichimatsu () and later become Iwamatsu ().
Family
* Father:
Asano Nagaakira
was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period who served as ''daimyō'' of Wakayama Domain, and was later transferred to the Hiroshima Domain.
Biography
Born Asano Iwamatsu, he was the son of Asano Nagamasa, who was a senior retainer of Toyo ...
* Mother: Tokugawa Furihime (1580–1617), third daughter of the shōgun
Tokugawa Ieyasu
was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow ...
* Wife: Maeda Manhime (1618–1700), daughter of
Maeda Toshitsune
was an early-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 2nd ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and the 3rd hereditary chieftain of the Maeda clan. Toshitsune was a brother of Maeda Toshinaga and a son of Maeda Toshiie. He was ...
, 2nd Daimyo of
Kaga Domain
The , also known as the , was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1583 to 1871. and Tokugawa Tamahime (daughter of the 2nd shōgun
Tokugawa Hidetada
was the second ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Early life (1579–1593)
Tokugawa Hidetada was bo ...
and
Asai Oeyo)
* Children:
**
Asano Tsunaakira
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Hiroshima Domain.
Two of his consorts were daughters of the court noble and regent Kujō Michifusa. His childhood name was Iwamatsu ().
Family
* Father: Asano Mitsuakira
* Mother: Ma ...
by Manhime
** Asano Naganao (1644–1666) by Manhime
** Asano Nagateru (1652–1702) by Manhime
** Ichihime married Tozawa Masanobu of
Shinjō Domain
was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Dewa Province Japan and ruled by the Tozawa clan. It was centered on Shinjō Castle in what is now the city of Shinjō, Yamagata and occupied all of what is now Mogami District with 86 villa ...
by Manhime
** Kamehime married Sengoku Tadatoshi of
Ueda Domain
Ueda Castle, administrative centre of Ueda Domain
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is located in Shinano Province, Honshū. The domain was centered at Ueda Castle, located in what is now part of the city o ...
by Manhime
** Hisahime married Ogasawara Tadakatsu of
Kokura Domain
, also known as or then , was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Buzen Province in modern-day Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyushu.
In the han system, Kokura was a political and economic abstraction based on perio ...
by Manhime
References
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Daimyo
Samurai
1617 births
1693 deaths
Asano clan