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* ''Titles: Takumi no kami''

* ''Titles: Takumi no kami''

* ''Japanese'': 浅野 長矩 ''(Asano Naganori)''

* ''Japanese'': 浅野 長矩 ''(Asano Naganori)''

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[[Image:Asano.jpg|right|200px]]

Asano Naganori seems to have been regarded with some distaste by many of his peers, and indeed seen as a hothead. In the [[Dokai Koshuki]], a report prepared by agents of Shogun [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] concerning the lives and behavior of daimyo (and prepared long before the assault in the castle), Asano comes off looking like a fop. While the report compliments him on his intelligence and strict punishment of offences within his domain, it derides him for "sexual proligacy". It also notes that he promoted and rewarded retainers based on their ability to procure attractive women for him and to otherwise feed his ego. It notes that he was "only concerned with his personal amusement" and left the government of his domain in the hands of his servants.  

Asano Naganori seems to have been regarded with some distaste by many of his peers, and indeed seen as a hothead. In the [[Dokai Koshuki]], a report prepared by agents of Shogun [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] concerning the lives and behavior of daimyo (and prepared long before the assault in the castle), Asano comes off looking like a fop. While the report compliments him on his intelligence and strict punishment of offences within his domain, it derides him for "sexual proligacy". It also notes that he promoted and rewarded retainers based on their ability to procure attractive women for him and to otherwise feed his ego. It notes that he was "only concerned with his personal amusement" and left the government of his domain in the hands of his servants.  

Overall, the picture drawn of Asano is that of a man who enjoyed his postion of prestige and wealth and was used to getting his way in all matters and indulging his every whim. In this he was not all that different from many of his elite peers, but when combined with a lack of training and self control became deadly. His cowardly attack on Kira (who in all likelihood had only chastised him for his lack of attention in learning Shogunal protocol-Asano's tendency to be completely disinterested in this sort of thing was well established) showed that he was impulsive and rash, not giving one thought to the consequences of his act to his retainers or subjects.

Overall, the picture drawn of Asano is that of a man who enjoyed his postion of prestige and wealth and was used to getting his way in all matters and indulging his every whim. In this he was not all that different from many of his elite peers, but when combined with a lack of training and self control became deadly. His cowardly attack on Kira (who in all likelihood had only chastised him for his lack of attention in learning Shogunal protocol-Asano's tendency to be completely disinterested in this sort of thing was well established) showed that he was impulsive and rash, not giving one thought to the consequences of his act to his retainers or subjects.

==References==

==References==

*Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice M ''The Dog Shogun:The Personality And Politics Of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi'' Honolulu:University Of Hawai’i Press, 2006

*Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice M ''The Dog Shogun:The Personality And Politics Of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi'' Honolulu:University Of Hawai’i Press, 2006

*Kanai Madoka, editor ''Dokai Koshuki'' in ''Edo Shiryo Sosho'' Tokyo:Jinbutsu Oraisha, 1967

*Kanai Madoka, editor ''Dokai Koshuki'' in ''Edo Shiryo Sosho'' Tokyo:Jinbutsu Oraisha, 1967