Shimazu Nariakira

Shimazu Nariakira
島津 斉彬
Shimazu Nariakira
Daimyō of Satsuma
In office
1851–1858
Preceded byShimazu Narioki
Succeeded byShimazu Tadayoshi
Personal details
Born(1809-04-28)April 28, 1809
Edo, Japan
DiedJuly 16, 1858(1858-07-16) (aged 49)
SpouseTokugawa Tsunehime
AwardsSenior First Rank
The Shūseikan (集成館) industrial area established by Shimazu Nariakira in 1852 in Iso (), 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.

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.

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.