Date Masamune
daimyo of the Sengoku period to early-Edo period; 1st lord of Sendai From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Date Masamune (伊達 政宗, September 5, 1567 – June 27, 1636) was a Japanese daimyo in the Tōhoku region during the Azuchi-Momoyama period and Edo period. He was known as the "one-eyed dragon" (独眼竜, dokuganryū) because he lost the use of an eye.[1]
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Date.
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Date clan
In the Edo period, the Date clan were identified as one of the tozama or outsider clans,[2] in contrast with the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan.
Date sent troops which fought with the Tokugawa during the Battle of Sekigahara.[1]
Sendai-kō
The feudal daimyō were sometimes identified with the suffix "-kō" (servant) combined with the name of a place or a castle.[3]
In 1601, Date built the Sendai castle; and the modern-day city of Sendai developed around it.[1] Sendai-kō was one of the ways Date Masamune was described.[3]
Keichō Embassy
In 1613-1620, Date sent Hasekura Tsunenaga on a diplomatic mission to the courts of Philip III of Spain in Madrid and Pope Paul V in Rome.[4]
This historic visit is called the "Keichō Embassy" (慶長使節).[5]
Legacy
In 1991, a minor planet[6] or main-belt asteroid 6859 Datemasamune was named after this Edo period historical figure.[7]
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