Date Kuninao

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In this Japanese name, the family name is "Date".

Date Kuninao (伊達邦直, November 2, 1834 - January 12, 1891) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. The 10th head of the Date clan's Iwade-Date clan branch, Kuninao served as a retainer of Sendai han.^[1] After the Meiji Restoration, Kuninao went to Hokkaidō and assisted in land reclamation.^[1] Among various other contributions to the founding of modern Hokkaidō, Kuninao planned what became the modern town of Tōbetsu.^[1]

Notes

The emblem (mon) of the Date clan

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 伊達家外伝; retrieved 2013-6-13.

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Name	Date Kuninao
Alternative names
Short description	samurai
Date of birth	November 2, 1834
Place of birth
Date of death	January 12, 1891
Place of death

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