# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matsuura-takeshiro
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:37:30.691Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matsuura-takeshiro"
name: "Matsuura Takeshirō"
slug: "matsuura-takeshiro"
description: "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\"."
tagline: "Geographer and explorer (1818-1888)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takeshiro_Matsuura.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1818-03-12"
deathDate: "1888-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.47
  momentum:             4.269081500646831
  historical:           9.060809333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E6%B5%A6%E6%AD%A6%E5%9B%9B%E9%83%8E"
    title: "松浦武四郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshir%C5%8D_Matsuura"
    title: "Takeshirō Matsuura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuura_Takeshir%C5%8D"
    title: "Matsuura Takeshirō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B1_%CE%A4%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%BF"
    title: "Ματσούρα Τακεσίρο"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuura_Takeshir%C5%8D"
    title: "Matsuura Takeshirō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshir%C5%8D_Matsuura"
    title: "Takeshirō Matsuura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuura_Takeshir%C5%8D"
    title: "Matsuura Takeshirō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E6%B5%A6%E6%AD%A6%E5%9B%9B%E9%83%8E"
    title: "松浦武四郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%93%B0%EC%9A%B0%EB%9D%BC_%EB%8B%A4%EC%BC%80%EC%8B%9C%EB%A1%9C"
    title: "마쓰우라 다케시로"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuura_Takeshir%C5%8D"
    title: "Matsuura Takeshirō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11531839"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump