Matsuura Takeshiro

• Born: 1818
• Died: 1888

Matsuura Takeshiro was a late Edo period / early Meiji period antiquarian and explorer credited with coining the placename "Hokkaidô."

References

• Simon Kaner, "Jomon and Yayoi," Routledge Handbook of Premodern Japanese History (ed. Karl Friday), 61.