- 15 October 1796 – 15 July 1819 was a mid-Edo period Japanese people samurai, and the tenth daimyō of Sendai Domain in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan, and the 26th hereditary chieftain of the Date clan.
Biography
Narimune was the posthumous second son of
Date Narimura; his mother was a concubine and he was born at the clan's Sodegasaki residence in
Edo. His childhood name was Norisaburō (徳三郎) later Shōjirō (総次郎). In 1804, he was moved to the clan's primary residence in Edo, and he came down with
chickenpox the same year, but recovered. In 1809, his elder half-brother,
Date Chikamune was highly disfigured by
smallpox, and went into seclusion until his death in 1812. During this period, Narimune appeared in all official functions in his place. He was adopted as Chikamune's heir in 1812, and changed his name to
Date Munezumi. Later that same year, after Chikamune died, he was received in formal audience by
Shōgun Tokugawa Ienari, who presided over his
genpuku ceremony, and who granted him a
kanji from his name. He also received the Court rank of Junior Fourth, Lower Grade and
of
Mutsu-no-kami and
Sakonoe-shōshō as had been held by his father. In 1814, he was wed to the daughter of Tokugawa Harutomi,
daimyō of
Kii Domain.
He fell ill in June 1819 and died a month later at the age of 22. As he had no male heir, the son of Tamura Murasuke, daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain was posthumously adopted as his heir.
Family
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Father: Date Narimura
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Mother: Onobu no Kata (1779–1800)
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Wife: Tokugawa Nobuko (Shinkyou’in) (1795–1827)
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Concubine:Tsuda-dono
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Concubine: Watanabe-dono
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Children (mother unknown):
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1st son: Makomaru, died in childhood
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1st daughter: Shibahime, married Date Nariyoshi, daimyo of Sendai Domain
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Edmond Papinot. (1948). Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. New York: Overbeck Co.
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