(1549 – July 13, 1640) was a Japanese samurai of the late

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 ...

through early

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. He was the son of

Oniniwa Yoshinao also known as Oniniwa Sagetsusai was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period who served Date clan. He was deeply trusted by Date Terumune and Date Masamune. Yoshinao at the age of 73, bravely fought to let Masamune go during the Battle of Hi ...

. His half-sister, Katakura Kita was also Katakura Kagetsuna's half sister. Together with Katakura Kagetsuna and Date Shigezane, Tsunamoto was known as one of the ''"Three Great Men of the Date Clan"''. Tsunamoto served 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 ...

, and by the end of his life was the only Date retainer who was both older than and outlived

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in 1585. He was fought at

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in 1589, participate to suppressed Kunohe Rebellion in 1591, and

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in 1592. Tsunamoto deeply trusted by Masamune, he was made a senior retainer at the young age of 35. After the Bunroku Campaign, Hideyoshi suspected Masamune of treason, it was Tsunamoto who pleaded on his lord's behalf. His conduct was said to have impressed Hideyoshi so much that he gave him one of his concubines as a reward, though this remains unconfirmed. Another story has Tsunamoto change his name to "Moniwa Nobumoto" (茂庭延元) to placate the Taikō; according to sources, Hideyoshi was superstitious of the "Oniniwa" name because of its meaning, "the garden of the demon". After spending several years as an attendant for Masamune's son Hidemune, Tsunamoto retired from the Date clan and became a Buddhist monk. After his death, he was succeeded by his son Moniwa Yoshimoto (Yoshitsuna) (1575–1663).

Descendant

* Moniwa Masumoto *

Moniwa Takamoto (1854–1919) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. The direct descendant of Oniniwa Tsunamoto, Takamoto succeeded to family headship at age 5, following the death of his father Masumoto. However, because of Takamoto's young age, family a ...

(1854–1919)

In fiction

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's 1987 Taiga drama '' Dokuganryū Masamune'', Tsunamoto was played by

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References

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