was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period

Edo period

The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....

. 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

Katakura Kojuro

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 , which they held through the start of the Meiji Era...

. He was appointed as bugyō (the Sendai equivalent of a karo

KARO

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 elder) in 1797. On October 27, 1815, he fell ill, and resigned his position as bugyō in favor of his son Kagesada

Katakura Kagesada

' was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period. A senior retainer of the Sendai domain. Kagesada was the tenth Katakura Kojūrō.-External links:* *...

. Retired in 1817.

External links

• Katakura family tree (in Japanese)
• Katakura-related timeline (in Japanese)