In this Japanese name, the surname is Asano.
Asano Naganao (浅野 長直, 1610 – September 15, 1672) was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period, who ruled the Akō Domain. He was classified as a tozama, and Akō under his rule was 53,000 koku in size. Naganao was responsible for the construction of Akō Castle.
| Preceded byAsano Nagashige | Daimyō of Kasama 1632–1645 |
Succeeded byInoue Masatoshi |
| Preceded byIkeda Teruoki | Daimyō of Akō 1645–1671 |
Succeeded byAsano Nagatomo |
References
- This article is derived from corresponding content on the Japanese Misplaced Pages.
- Totman, Conrad (1995). Early Modern Japan. University of California Press. pp. 171–172. ISBN 9780520203563.
- Masahide, Bitō Masahide; Smith, Henry D. II (2003). "The Akō Incident, 1701–1703". Monumenta Nipponica. 58 (2): 149–170. JSTOR 25066212.
- Bowring, Richard (2017). In Search of the Way: Thought and Religion in Early-modern Japan, 1582–1860. Oxford University Press. p. 109. ISBN 9780198795230.
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