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fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1743) was a Japanese samurai of the
Edo period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
. A senior retainer of the
Sendai domain
The , also known as the , was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1600 to 1871.
The Sendai Domain was based at Aoba Castle in Mutsu Province, in the modern city of Sendai, located in the Tōhoku region of ...
, he was first known as Kagehiro (景寛). Murakiyo was the eighth
Katakura Kojūrō
was the common name of the head of the Japanese Katakura clan, who served as senior retainers to the Date clan. Following the Date clan's move into Sendai han, they were granted holdings at Shiroishi Castle (12,000 ''koku'' in total), which the ...
. His childhood name was Shigekuro (繁九郎) later Yuunosuke (勇之助) later changed to Kojuro.
Family
* Foster Father:
Katakura Murasada
(1676–1744) was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period. A senior retainer of the Sendai domain, he was first known as Muratoshi (村利). Retired in 1743 in favor of his adopted son Murakiyo. Murasada was the seventh Katakura Kojūrō. His childh ...
* Father: Matsumae Hirotaka
* Wife: Gohime
* Children:
** Katakura Katayoshi
**
Katakura Muratsune
(1757–1822) was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period. A senior retainer of the Sendai domain, he was first known as Kagenaka (景仲) and Murayasu (村寿). Muratsune was the ninth Katakura Kojūrō. He was appointed as ''bugyō'' (the Sendai eq ...
by Concubine
** Daughter married Date Muratomo
External links
Katakura family tree(in Japanese)
(in Japanese)
Samurai
Katakura clan
18th-century Japanese people
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