Mogami Tokunai
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| Death | 188 years ago |
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| Born | Dewa Province |
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| Date of died | October 14,1836 |
| Died | 1836 |
| Date of birth | January 1,1755 |
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| ID | 1286824 |
Mogami Tokunai Life story
Mogami Tokunai was a Japanese samurai, geographer and explorer. Mogami was born in Dewa Province in what is now part of Yamagata Prefecture. He explored and mapped Hokkaido and Sakhalin and some of the Kuril Islands in 1785–1786. In his reports to the Tokugawa shogunate, he emphasized the need to defend the islands.
