Asano Naganao

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.^[1] He was classified as a tozama, and Akō under his rule was 53,000 koku in size.^[2] Naganao was responsible for the construction of Akō Castle.^[3]

Preceded by Asano Nagashige	Daimyō of Kasama 1632–1645	Succeeded by Inoue Masatoshi
Preceded by Ikeda Teruoki	Daimyō of Akō 1645–1671	Succeeded by Asano Nagatomo

Asano Naganao

References

• This article is derived from corresponding content on the Japanese Wikipedia.

1. Totman, Conrad (1995). Early Modern Japan. University of California Press. pp. 171–172. ISBN 9780520203563.
2. Masahide, Bitō Masahide; Smith, Henry D. II (2003). "The Akō Incident, 1701–1703". Monumenta Nipponica. 58 (2): 149–170. JSTOR 25066212.
3. Bowring, Richard (2017). In Search of the Way: Thought and Religion in Early-modern Japan, 1582–1860. Oxford University Press. p. 109. ISBN 9780198795230.