Asano Tsunaakira
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was a Japanese daimyo
of the Edo period
, who ruled the Hiroshima Domain
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Two of his consorts
were daughters of the court noble Kujō Michifusa
.
Daimyo
is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...
of the Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
, who ruled the Hiroshima Domain
Hiroshima Domain
Hiroshima Domain was a han, or feudal domain, of Edo period Japan. Based at Hiroshima castle in the city of Hiroshima, the domain encompassed Aki province and parts of neighboring Bingo province....
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Two of his consorts
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
were daughters of the court noble Kujō Michifusa
Kujo Michifusa
, son of regent Yukiie, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Edo period . He held a regent position sesshō in 1647. He married a daughter of second head of Echizen Domain Matsudaira Tadanao...
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