Nagakoto Asano

Japanese: 浅野長勲 - あさの・ながこと

Year of death: February 1, 1937
Year of birth: Tempo 13.7.23 (1842.8.28)
The last lord of the Aki Hiroshima Domain. Born into the Sawa family of Hiroshima samurai in Otemachi, the castle town. His childhood name was Kiyotsuchiya. He was adopted into a branch domain and took the name Tamegoro, and later Nagaoki. He became the heir to the main domain, was appointed as the governor of Kii, and changed his name to Shigenori. His pen name was Kunzan. His foster father Shigenaga (Nagano), who was unable to leave his homeland due to the defense of his domain and the expedition to Choshu, went to Kyoto in place of him, and he became involved in the political situation at the end of the Edo period. Initially, he aimed to unite the Imperial Court and the military in the form of obedience to the shogunate's imperial court, but incidents such as the expedition to Choshu led him to advocate the restoration of monarchy by returning political power to the Emperor. In April 1867 (Keio 3), he attempted to go to Kyoto with Ikeda Shigemasa and Hachisuka Shigeaki to attend the Four Lords Conference, but failed, and he developed close ties with the Satsuma (Kagoshima) Domain. In October, he submitted a petition for the return of political power to the Emperor. In December, he participated in the Imperial Restoration Coup and was appointed as a councillor. He mediated between the Satsuma and Tosa (Kochi) clans at the Kogosho Conference and succeeded in bringing the conference to a successful conclusion. After becoming a member of the Genroin in 1880, he served as an envoy to Italy, head of the Peerage Bureau, member of the House of Peers, head of the Peerage Hall, president of the 15th Bank, and director of the Japanese Railway, and was awarded the title of marquis. <Works> "Autobiography of Asano Naganori" <References> "Geihanshi" "Konzan-ko 88-nen Jishi"

(Asano Nagataka)

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没年：昭和12.2.1(1937)
生年：天保13.7.23(1842.8.28)
安芸広島藩最後の藩主。城下大手町の広島藩士沢家に生まれる。幼名は喜代槌。支藩へ養子に入り為五郎,のちに長興と名乗る。本藩の世子となり,紀伊守に任じられ茂勲と改めた。号は坤山。藩地防御,長州征討のため国許を離れられない養父茂長(長訓)に代わり上京,幕末の政局に関与する。当初,幕府の朝廷遵奉という形の公武合体を目指すが,長州征討などの事件を通じて大政奉還による王政復古を唱えるに至る。慶応3(1867)年4月の四侯会議に合わせ,池田茂政,蜂須賀茂韶と同時上京を図るも成らず,薩摩(鹿児島)藩と関係を密にすることとなる。10月に大政奉還を建白。12月には王政復古政変に加わり議定に任じられる。小御所会議において薩摩藩と土佐(高知)藩の間を調停し,会議の取りまとめに成功した。明治13(1880)年に元老院議官となって以降,イタリア公使,華族局長官,貴族院議員,華族会館長,十五銀行頭取,日本鉄道理事を務め,侯爵を授けられた。<著作>『浅野長勲自叙伝』<参考文献>『芸藩志』『坤山公八十八年事蹟』

(浅野長孝)

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