Asano Nagayoshi

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  • Titles: 中務少輔 (Nakatsukasa shôfu)
  • Japanese: 浅野 長祚 (Asano Nagayoshi)

Asano Nagayoshi was a Tokugawa shogunate official who served as Uraga bugyô from 1847 to 1852, and as Kyoto machi bugyô for a time after that.

Asano was promoted from sakitegashira to Uraga bugyô on 1847/5/26. In that role, he oversaw a number of matters pertaining to coastal defense, met with Captain Matheson of the British ship Mariner, helped oversee the construction of the Western-style ship Sôshunmaru, and engaged in discussions with the central shogunate court regarding matters of coastal defense.

On 1852/int.2/10, he was reassigned to the position of Kyoto machi bugyô. After six years in that position, on 1858/6/5, he was reassigned to the position of Kobushin bugyô.

References

  • Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 84, 189, 202, 347.
  • Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 579.