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Nariakira was deified as Terukuni daimyôjin by the Imperial Court in [[1863]], five years after his death. [[Terukuni Shrine]], dedicated to his worship, remains one of the most prominent [[Shinto shrines]] in [[Kagoshima]] today.

Nariakira was deified as Terukuni daimyôjin by the Imperial Court in [[1863]], five years after his death. [[Terukuni Shrine]], dedicated to his worship, remains one of the most prominent [[Shinto shrines]] in [[Kagoshima]] today.

Nariakira had four biological daughters, three of whom ([[Teru-hime]] 暐姫, [[Nori-hime]] 典姫, and [[Yasu-hime]] 寧姫) married other members of the [[Shimazu clan]], and one of whom, [[Sada-hime]], married into the [[Konoe family]] of [[kuge|court nobles]]. His son [[Shimazu Torajumaru]] (Tomojirô, b. [[1849]]) was designated his heir, but died young, at the age of 5 or 6.

Nariakira had four biological daughters, three of whom ([[Teru-hime]] 暐姫, [[Nori-hime]] 典姫, and [[Yasu-hime]] 寧姫) married other members of the [[Shimazu clan]], and one of whom, [[Sada-hime]], married into the [[Konoe family]] of [[kuge|court nobles]]. His son [[Shimazu Torajumaru]] (Tomojirô, [[1849]]-[[1854]]) was designated his heir, but died young, at the age of 5 or 6.

A factory complex Nariakira ordered constructed for the military and industrial strengthening of the domain was completed, ultimately, in [[1865]]. The complex employed 1,200 men, and included reverberating furnaces, blast furnaces, a smithy, a foundry, and a glass workshop for the industrial production of [[porcelain]]s, cannon, rifles, agricultural implements, and glassware.<ref name=hellyer166/> Parts of the complex survive today as the [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] museum, the main hall of which has been designated an [[Important Cultural Property]].<ref>Pamphlets available on-site at Shôkôshûseikan; [http://www.shuseikan.jp/eng/index.html Shoko Shuseikan official website] (English).</ref>

A factory complex Nariakira ordered constructed for the military and industrial strengthening of the domain was completed, ultimately, in [[1865]]. The complex employed 1,200 men, and included reverberating furnaces, blast furnaces, a smithy, a foundry, and a glass workshop for the industrial production of [[porcelain]]s, cannon, rifles, agricultural implements, and glassware.<ref name=hellyer166/> Parts of the complex survive today as the [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] museum, the main hall of which has been designated an [[Important Cultural Property]].<ref>Pamphlets available on-site at Shôkôshûseikan; [http://www.shuseikan.jp/eng/index.html Shoko Shuseikan official website] (English).</ref>