Date Kunishige

Date Kunishige.

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

Date Kunishige (伊達 邦成^?, 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.^[1] Kuninari requested permission from the Meiji Government to settle in Hokkaido and assist in land reclamation; this was granted in January 1870 (Meiji 3).^[1] Kuninari led his retainers north and settled in the Usu district (有珠郡, Usu-gun^?), succeeding in reclamation at the new Date Village (伊達村, Date-mura^?), which through mergers became the current Date City.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Record of Date Clan Members

• Official site of Date City, Hokkaido

Persondata
Name	Date, Kunishige
Alternative names
Short description	Samurai and 15th head of the Watari-Date family
Date of birth	10 December 1841
Place of birth
Date of death	29 November 1904
Place of death