Katakura Muratsune

{{family name hatnote|Katakura|lang=Japanese}} '''{{nihongo|Katakura Muratsune|片倉村典|}}''' (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 equivalent of a Karō elder) in 1797. His childhood name was Shigegoro (繁五郎).<ref name="年譜">{{cite web|url=http://www1.odn.ne.jp/~cah49810/papa/sub2nenpu.htm |title=年譜 |publisher=.odn.ne.jp |date= |accessdate=2008-12-29}}</ref> On October 27, 1815, he fell ill, and resigned his position as ''bugyō'' in favor of his son Kagesada.<ref name="年譜"/> Retired in 1817.<ref name="年譜"/> ==Family== * Father: Katakura Murakiyo * Mother: a Concubine * Children: ** Katakura Kagesada ** daughter married Date Munemitsu and Date Narikuni’s mother

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20161106112618/http://homepage1.nifty.com/t-kubo/Japan/matumae/matumae8.htm Katakura family tree] (in Japanese) *[http://www1.odn.ne.jp/~cah49810/papa/sub2nenpu.htm Katakura-related timeline] (in Japanese)

{{s-start}} {{succession box | title=Shiroishi-Katakura family head | before=Katakura Murakiyo | after= Katakura Kagesada| years=??-1817}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Katakura, Muratsune}} Category:Samurai Category:1757 births Category:1822 deaths Category:Karō Category:Katakura clan

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