Shimazu Nariakira was a Japanese feudal lord (daimyō) of the Edo period, the 28th in the line of Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma Domain.
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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.
The 1854 Shōhei Maru, Japan's first Western warship, was built from Dutch technical drawings, under Nariakira.
Marquess Kuroda Nagahiro, a close relative of Shimazu Nariakira.
Shimazu Nariakira's daughters
A daguerreotype of Shimazu, the earliest surviving Japanese photograph. It was created by one of his retainers, Ichiki Shirō in 1857.
Ō-yoroi owned by Shimazu Nariakira. Tokyo Fuji Art MuseumIn their orbit 7
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Lived 1809 to 1858 · aged 49
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