Asano Nagayoshi

• 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.

References

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