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Name Masamune
Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 正宗, 政宗, 昌宗, 真宗 (kanji), まさむね (hiragana), マサムネ (katakana)
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Meaning & History
This name combines 正 (shou, sei, tada.shii, tada.su, masa, masa.ni) meaning "correct, right," 政 (shou, sei, matsurigoto, man, masa) meaning "government, politics," 昌 (shou, sakan, masa) meaning "prosper, flourish" or 真 (shin, ma, ma-, makoto, masa) meaning "real, true" with 宗 (shuu, sou, mune) meaning "origin, religion, sect."Bearers of this name include Masamune (正宗) (1264-1343), widely recognised as Japan's greatest swordsmith, and Masamune Date (伊達 政宗) (or Date Masamune if surname is used first) (1567-1636), a powerful Sengoku Period (1467-1603) daimyō.