sentences:  Adopted by his uncle Asano Nagamichi, he served as assistant to his adoptive father through the 1860s, and attended many of the meetings and events surrounding the restoration of Imperial rule, and as such was one of many who advised the "shōgun" Tokugawa Yoshinobu to return power to the Emperor of Japan.Unlike many from domains such as Satsuma and Chōshū, however, Asano was opposed to taking military action against the shogunate.His childhood name was Kiyotsuchi (喜代槌) later Tamegoro (為五郎).