Shimazu Nariakira
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Shimazu Nariakira was a Japanese feudal lord of the Edo period, the 28th in the line of Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma Domain.
The Shūseikan (集成館) industrial area established by Shimazu Nariakira in 1852 in Iso (磯), Satsuma Province. A "foreigner's building" (異人館) was built to house seven English technicians, (head of these being one E. Home). 1872 photograph.
Marquess Kuroda Nagahiro, a close relative of Shimazu Nariakira.
Shimazu Nariakira's daughters
Shimazu Hisamitsu
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Prince Shimazu Hisamitsu, also known as Shimazu Saburō, was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. The younger brother of Shimazu Nariakira, Hisamitsu was the virtual sovereign and strongman of Sa
Portrait by Harada Naojirō.