was a Japanese
samurai
were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...
and commander of the
Sengoku period
The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615.
The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...
. He was the third son of
Date Tanemune
was a Japanese samurai warrior and Date clan leader during the Sengoku period.
Biography
He was born as the eldest son of Date Hisamune. His childhood name was Jiro (次郎).
At the death of his father, he became ''daimyō'' of Mutsu Provinc ...
His son
Date Shigezane
was a Japanese samurai of the late Sengoku through early Edo periods. Founder of the Watari-Date clan. A senior retainer of the Date clan of Sendai, he was a cousin of Date Masamune on his mother's side, and a cousin of Masamune's father Date ...
was also an important vassal of the
Date clan
The is a Japanese samurai kin group. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Date", ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 5 retrieved 2013-5-5.
History
The Date family was founded ...
.
Date Tanemune tried to adopt him to the
Uesugi clan
The is a Japanese samurai clan which was at its peak one of the most powerful during the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (14th to 17th centuries). Appert, Georges. (1888) ''Ancien Japon,'' p. 79./ref> At its height, the clan had three main branch ...
and had already agreed with the Uesugi clan on the plan.
[ However some of the vassals opposed the plan, which escalated into the Tenbun Conflict.][ As a result, the plan failed.]
References
1527 births
1587 deaths
Samurai
Date clan
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