Background
Chikatame Asakura was born in Bunk in 1834.
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Chikatame Asakura
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He was appointed headman of Ono County in 1884. In 1890 when the Diet was founded he was among the first to be elected a member. He built canals, irrigated rice fields at his own expense and helped in laying out railways and establishing cooperatives for the people.
Personality
A philantropist at heart.
