Date Kunishige, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Samurai and 15th head of the Watari-Date family
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About Date Kunishige
- Date Kunishige (?? ??, 10 December 1841 - 29 November 1904) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period.
- The 15th head of the Watari-Date family, Kuninari served as a retainer of Sendai han.
- Following the defeat of the Sendai domain during the Boshin War, he assisted in helping the daimyo of Sendai, Date Munemoto, in declaring allegiance to the new government.
- Kuninari requested permission from the Meiji Government to settle in Hokkaido and assist in land reclamation; this was granted in January 1870 (Meiji 3).
- Kuninari led his retainers north and settled in the Usu district (???, Usu-gun), succeeding in reclamation at the new Date Village (???, Date-mura), which through mergers became the current Date City.
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