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Date Munenari
Date Munenari was lord of the Uwajima Domain from 1844 to 1858 and one of the 'four wise lords' of the late Edo period. He promoted Western learning, sheltering the scholar Takano Choei and employing Murata Zoroku, later Omura Masujiro, and had a steamship built by local craftsmen. After the Meiji Restoration he served the new government and negotiated a treaty with Qing China in 1871.
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