Date Kuninori, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Date Kuninori

Japanese samurai

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1830

Date of Death: 22-Nov-1874

Profession: samurai

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Date Kuninori

  • Date Kuninori (?? ??) (1830–1874) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period.
  • Kuninori was both the 12th head of the Mizusawa-Date clan and the 26th generation head of the famed Rusu clan, and served as a retainer of the Sendai domain.
  • Known for his good governance, Kuninori amply compensated the people made homeless by the large fire in his holdings at Mizusawa, opening his own stores of food to the public and providing them lumber from domainal holdings for rebuilding their homes.
  • Advising his retainers to be frugal, he had them work for the revival of Mizusawa's town.
  • During the Boshin War, he was sent to Shirakawaguchi in place of his lord, Date Yoshikuni.Following the war, he moved to the Sapporo district of Hokkaido, and settled at Hiragishi Village (???, Hiragishi-mura).

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