Shimazu Nariakira

Daimyo, Politician

1809 – 1858

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Who was Shimazu Nariakira?

Shimazu Nariakira was a Japanese feudal lord of the Edo period, the 28th in the line of Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma Domain. 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 in May 1863.

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Born
Apr 28, 1809
Edo
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  • Japan
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Died
Jul 16, 1858
Kagoshima

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on July 23, 2013

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