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Date Masamune

Daimyo of the Sengoku period to early-Edo period; 1st lord of Sendai

PersonDied aged 68humanQ311183

Born: September 5, 1567
Died: June 27, 1636
, August 24, 1636
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2019-08-30
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Birthplace: Yonezawa Castle
Place of death: Edo
Citizenship: Japan
Occupation: samurai
, military personnel
Positions held: daimyo(1600–1636)
, Q141657994(1600–1636)
, leader(1584–1636)
Spouse: Mego-hime
, Iisaka no Tsubone
, Shinzō no kata
+6 more

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Date Masamune 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.

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Sex or gender: male
Father: Date Terumune
Mother: Yoshi-hime
Child: Iroha-hime
Date Hidemune
Date Muneyasu
Date Sōshin
Date Munetaka
Muu-hime
Date Munezane
Mine-hime
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Date Munekatsu
Sengiku-hime
Watari Sōne
Date Tadamune
Date Munetsuna
Date Munekiyo
Date Takematsumaru
Keigetsuin
Name in kana: だてまさむね
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1.Stated in Japan SearchRetrieved 2021-03-20
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Sibling: Date Masamichi
Name in native language: 伊達政宗
Noble title: daimyo
Cause of death: esophageal cancer
Family name: Date
Medical condition: one-eyed
Place of burial: Zuihōden
Blood type: B
Posthumous name: 貞山公 statement is subject of: Teizan
Family: Date clan
Different from: Q61057230
Given name: Masamune
Dedicated heritage entity: Michinoku Date Masamune Historical Museum
Manner of death: natural causes

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