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Shimazu Nariakira

Shimazu Nariakira (島津 斉彬, April 28, 1809 – August 24, 1858) was a Japanese feudal lord (daimyō) of the Edo period, the 28th in the line of Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma Domain.

In this Japanese name, the surname is Shimazu.

Senior First Rank
Shimazu Nariakira

Shimazu Narioki

Shimazu Tadayoshi

(1809-04-28)April 28, 1809
Edo, Japan

July 16, 1858(1858-07-16) (aged 49)

Tokugawa Tsunehime

Senior First Rank

島津 斉彬

しまづ なりあきら

シマヅ ナリアキラ

Shimazu Nariakira

Shimazu Nariakira

He was renowned as an intelligent and wise lord, and was greatly interested in Western learning and technology. He was enshrined after death as the Shinto kami Terukuni Daimyōjin (照国大明神) in May 1863.

Father:

Shimazu Narioki

Mother: Iyohime (1792–1824)

Wife: , daughter of Tokugawa Nariatsu, third head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the Tokugawa family

Tokugawa Tsunehime

Shimazu Tadayoshi

Tenshō-in

(May 16, 1901; posthumous)

Senior First Rank

Ansei Purge

Sengan-en

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Sengan-en, traditional garden and stately home where the Shuseikan was located