Shigenobu Katakura
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is a Japanese religious figure. The descendant of famed Sendai han retainer Katakura Kagetsuna
, Shigenobu is the chief priest of Aoba Shrine
, in Sendai. Shigenobu would have been the seventeenth Katakura Kojūrō
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Katakura Kagetsuna
was a Japanese samurai of the Katakura clan during the late Sengoku period. Also known by his court title, Bichū no Kami , or more commonly, as Katakura Kojūrō. Together with Oniniwa Tsunamoto and Date Shigezane, Kagetsuna was known as one of the "Three Great Men of the Date Clan"...
, Shigenobu is the chief priest of Aoba Shrine
Aoba Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Sendai, near the site of the former Aoba Castle. Its current chief priest is Katakura Shigenobu.-External links:*...
, in Sendai. Shigenobu would have been the seventeenth 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...
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