List of Famous people with last name Munenori

Yagyū Munenori

First Name Yagyū

Last Name Munenori

Born on January 1, 1571

Died on May 11, 1646 (aged 75)

Born in Japan, Nara Prefecture

Yagyū Munenori was a Japanese swordsman, founder of the Edo branch of Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, which he learned from his father Yagyū "Sekishūsai" Muneyoshi. This was one of two official sword styles patronized by the Tokugawa shogunate. Munenori began his career in the Tokugawa administration as a hatamoto, a direct retainer of the Tokugawa house, and later had his income raised to 10,000 koku, making him a minor fudai daimyō, with landholdings around his ancestral village of Yagyū-zato. He also received the title of Tajima no Kami (但馬守).

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Terashima Munenori

First Name Terashima

Last Name Munenori

Born on June 21, 1832

Died on June 6, 1893 (aged 60)

Born in Kagoshima Prefecture

Count Terashima Munenori was a diplomat in Meiji period Japan.

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