Date Munemoto

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

Count Date Munemoto (伊達宗基^?) (August 24, 1866 – January 27, 1917) was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period, who became a peer during the Meiji era. He was the last ruler of the Sendai Domain.

Born the fourth son of Date Yoshikuni, Munemoto received family headship in 1868, following the defeat of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei in the Boshin War. Munemoto thus became lord of the Sendai domain, which had lost well over half of its landholdings (reduced from 620,000 to 280,000 koku). He remained lord of Sendai until 1869, when he was made its imperial governor. In 1870, he yielded this position to his adoptive brother Date Muneatsu, but retained family headship.

In 1884, Munemoto was created count in the new Japanese peerage system.

References

• Onodera, Eikō (2005). Boshin nanboku sensō to Tōhoku seiken. Sendai: Kita no sha.
• (Japanese) http://nekhet.ddo.jp/people/japan/date.html#munemoto917 (13 March 2008)

Preceded by Date Yoshikuni

14th Lord of Sendai 1868-1870

Succeeded by Date Muneatsu

Persondata
Name	Date, Munemoto
Alternative names
Short description	daimyo and last ruler of the Sendai Domain
Date of birth	August 24, 1866
Place of birth
Date of death	January 27 1917
Place of death