Asano Nagaakira

Asano Nagaakira (????)(1586-1632) was daimy? (feudal lord) of Wakayama Castle, and later the han (fief) of Hiroshima. In the 1615 siege of ?saka, he commanded a portion of Tokugawa Ieyasu's army.

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1586 - 1632 - Daimy? - Wakayama Castle - Han - Hiroshima - 1615 - Siege of ?saka - Tokugawa Ieyasu

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In the summer of 1615, Toyotomi Hideyori's Western Army moved to attack Asano's castle at Wakayama. Though most of Asano's forces were at ?saka, sieging Toyotomi's fortress, the remaining garrison outnumbered the Western warriors, and Asano led his men in sallying forth to meet the enemy in the battle of Kashii.

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1615 - Toyotomi Hideyori - Battle of Kashii

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Asano also fought in the battle of Tennoji, the decisive final battle in the siege of ?saka, where he commanded Tokugawa's rear guard. In 1619, he was granted the fief of Hiroshima, in Aki Province, which would come to be the home of the Asano family for many generations.

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Battle of Tennoji - 1619 - Aki Province - Asano family

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