Matsuura Takeshirō
Matsuura Takeshirō was a Japanese explorer, cartographer, writer, painter, priest, and antiquarian. During the late Edo period and Bakumatsu he journeyed six times to Ezo, including to Sakhalin and the Kuriles. In the early Meiji period he was an official in the Hokkaidō Development Commission. Instrumental in the naming of the island and many of its places, he is sometimes referred to as the "godparent of Hokkaidō".
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Male
Birth Place
Japan, Mie Prefecture
Date of Death
February 10th, 1888
Died Aged
-81
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Pisces
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