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Date Masamune
Sign in to savedaimyo of the Sengoku period to early-Edo period; 1st lord of Sendai
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Date Terumune
- Succeeded by
- Date Tadamune
- Born
- Bontenmaru , September 5, 1567, Yonezawa, Yamagata
- Died
- June 27, 1636 (1636-06-27) (aged 68), Edo , Japan
- Spouse
- Megohime
- Children
- Date Hidemune , Date Tadamune , Irohahime , Muuhime
- Parents
- Date Terumune (father) Yoshihime (mother)
- Relatives
- Onamihime (aunt), Rusu Masakage (uncle), Ishikawa Akimitsu (uncle), Kokubu Morishige (uncle), Date Shigezane (cousin), Mogami Yoshiaki (maternal uncle)
- Nickname s
- "Dokuganryū", One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshū
- Allegiance
- Date clan , Toyotomi clan , Eastern Army , Tokugawa shogunate
- Rank
- Daimyo
- Unit
- Date clan
- Commands
- Sendai domain
- Battles wars
- Battle of Hitotoribashi , Battle of Kōriyama , Siege of Kurokawa , Battle of Suriagehara , Siege of Sukagawa , Kunohe Rebellion , Korean Campaign , Sekigahara Campaign , Battle of Matsukawa , Osaka Campaign
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Yonezawa Castle
- Place of death
- Edo
- Father
- Date Terumune
- Mother
- Yoshi-hime
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- leader
- Family
- Date clan
- Noble title
- daimyo
- Image
- Date Masamune02.jpg
- Height
- 159.4
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- Commons category
- Date Masamune
- date of birth
- 1567-09-05
- date of death
- 1636-08-24
- topic's main category
- Category:Date Masamune
- Commons gallery
- Date Masamune
- name in kana
- だて まさむね
- name in native language
- 伊達政宗
- cause of death
- esophageal cancer
- medical condition
- one-eyed
- place of burial
- Zuihōden
- posthumous name
- 貞山公
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Date Masamune (伊達 政宗; DAH-tay; September 5, 1567 – June 27, 1636) was a Japanese samurai and daimyō during the Azuchi–Momoyama period through the early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful feudal lords in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he was made all the more iconic for his missing eye, as Masamune was often called dokuganryū (独眼竜), or the "One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshū". As a legendary warrior and leader, Masamune is a character in a number of Japanese period dramas.
Early life and rise
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