Date Tanemune

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In this Japanese name, the surname is Date.
Date Tanemune
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Head of Date clan
In office
1514–1548
Preceded byDate Hisamune
Succeeded byDate Harumune
Personal details
BornJiro (次郎)
1488
DiedJuly 16, 1565
NationalityJapanese
Spouse(s)Teishin'in
RelationsNakajo-dono (concubine)
Shimodate-dono (concubine)
Nakadate-dono (concubine)
Watari-dono (concubine)
Bo-dono (concubine)
ChildrenDate Harumune
MotherSensu'in
FatherDate Hisamune
Military service
AllegianceTake ni Suzume.svg Date clan

Date Tanemune (伊達 稙宗, 1488 – July 16, 1565) was a Japanese samurai warrior and clan leader during the Sengoku period.[1]

Early life[]

He was born as the eldest son of . His childhood name was Jiro (次郎).

Family[]

  • Father: Date Hisamune (1453–1514)
  • Mother: Sensu'in (d. 1513)
  • Wife: Teishin'in
  • Concubines:
    • Nakajo-dono
    • Shimodate-dono
    • Nakadate-dono
    • Watari-dono
    • Bo-dono
  • Children:
    • daughter married Souma Akitane by Teishin'in
    • daughter by Teishin'in
    • daughter married Ashina Moriuji
    • Date Harumune by Teishin'in
    • Date Genbanmaru by Teishin'in
    • Osaki Yoshinobu (1526–1550) by Teishin'in
    • Date Sanemoto (1527–1587) by Nakajo-dono
    • daughter married Nikaido Teruyuki by Shimodate-dono
    • daughter married Tamura Takaaki by Shimodate-dono
    • Date Munetoshi by Shimodate-dono
    • Daughter married Kakketa Toshimune by Shimodate-dono
    • Yanagawa Munekiyo (1532–1605) by Nakadate-dono
    • Ogata Yasuaji by Nakadate-dono
    • Watari Motomune (1530–1594) by Watari-dono
    • Watari Tsunamune by Watari-dono
    • Kori Munesada by Bo-dono
    • Kasai Ushisarumaru by Bo-dono
    • Gorakuin Munesake by Bo-dono
    • Date Shichiro by Bo-dono
    • Kosugo gozen married Sōma Yoshitane (1558-1635) by Bo-dono

Daimyō[]

At the death of his father, he became daimyō of Mutsu Province.

In 1536, he promulgated the Date provincial code ().[2]

Tanemune's attempt to have Uesugi Sadazane, the childless head of the Uesugi, adopt Sanemoto and make him his heir, sparked a civil war within the Date known as the (天文の乱) from 1542 to 1548 which resulted in Tanemune's replacement as clan head by his eldest son, Harumune.[3][4]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Date Tanemune" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 148.
  2. ^ Nussbaum, "Date clan" at p. 147.
  3. ^ Fukushima (1969), p. 802
  4. ^ Miyagi (1957), p. 376

References[]

The emblem (mon) of the Date clan
  • Fukushima Prefecture (1969), Fukushima Kenshi, Vol. 1. Fukushima Prefectural Government.
  • Miyagi Prefecture (1957), Miyagi Kenshi, Vol. 1. Miyagi Kenshi Kankōkai.


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