The Shūseikan (集成館) industrial area established by Shimazu Nariakira in 1852 in Iso (磯), Kagoshima. A "foreigner's building" (異人館) was built to house 7 English technicians. 1872 photograph.

The 1854 Shōhei Maru, Japan's first Western warship, was built from Dutch technical drawings, under Shimadzu Nariakira.

Shimadzu Nariakira (島津 斉彬, April 28, 1809, Edo (now Tokyo – August 24, 1858, Kagoshima) was a nineteenth century Japanese feudal lord, eleventh generation daimyo of the Satsuma domain. He held court rank of senior fourth rank, upper grade (shō-yon-i-jō 正四位上), though he posthumously reached senior 1st rank (shō-ichi-i 正一位). He also held court titles of Satsuma no Kami 薩摩守, Sakon-e-chūjō 左近衛中将 ("General of the Left"), and the posthumous gen-chūnagon 権中納言 ("Middle Counselor"). Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 425 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (460 × 648 pixel, file size: 55 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 425 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (460 × 648 pixel, file size: 55 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 703 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2605 × 2221 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 703 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2605 × 2221 pixel, file size: 2. ... Kagoshima (鹿児島市; -shi) the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwest tip of the Kyushu island of Japan. ... The Shouhei-Maru, Japans first Western-style warship, launched in 1854. ... The Shouhei-Maru, Japans first Western-style warship, launched in 1854. ... Shōhei Maru (Japanese: 昇平丸) was Japans first Western-style warship following the countrys period of Seclusion. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Kagoshima (鹿児島市; -shi) the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwest tip of the Kyushu island of Japan. ... Daimyo Matsudaira Katamori visits the residence of a retainer. ...

He was born in Edo to tenth generation Satsuma lord Shimazu Narioki (島津斉興). From a young age, Shimadzu was greatly influenced by the legacy of his late grandfather, the ninth generation daimyō Shimadzu Shigehide, and thus he displayed a keen interest in "Western learning" (Rangaku). Rangaku (蘭学) or Dutch Learning was the method by which Japan kept abreast of Western technology and medicine in the period when the country was closed to foreigners, 1641-1853, because of the Tokugawa shogunates policy of national isolation (sakoku). ...

To this end, he encouraged the development of shipbuilding, glassmaking, and ironworking in his domain. He had the Shūseikan (集成館) built, an industrial area established in Iso (磯), Kagoshima. A "foreigner's building" (異人館) was built to house 7 English technicians. He also ordered the 1854 Shōhei Maru, Japan's first Western warship, to be built based on Dutch technical drawings, in order to defend the country against foreign incursions. Kagoshima (鹿児島市; -shi) the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwest tip of the Kyushu island of Japan. ... Shōhei Maru (Japanese: 昇平丸) was Japans first Western-style warship following the countrys period of Seclusion. ...

Shimadzu was a driving political force at the time when U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew C. Perry arrived in Japan in 1853. It was also during his tenure as daimyo that he is said to have created the current national flag of Japan. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

He was succeeded by Shimadzu Tadayoshi, his nephew, who was still a young child.

In May of 1863, the late Nariakira was enshrined as the Shinto god Terukuni Daimyōjin.

References

• "Okubo Toshimichi and Saigo Takamori" (Japanese), ISBN 4309760414