Date Tanemune

Date Tanemune
Head of Date clan
In office
1514–1548
Preceded byDate Hisamune
Succeeded byDate Harumune
Personal details
BornJiro (次郎)
1488
DiedJuly 16, 1565
SpouseTeishin'in
RelationsNakajo-dono (concubine)
Shimodate-dono (concubine)
Nakadate-dono (concubine)
Watari-dono (concubine)
Bo-dono (concubine)
ChildrenDate Harumune
Date Sanemoto
Parents
  • Date Hisamune (father)
  • Sensu'in (mother)
Military service
Allegiance Date clan
CommandsMutsu Province
Battles/warsTenbun War

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

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 Province.

In 1536, he promulgated the Date provincial code (Jinkaishū).[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 Tenbun War [ja] from 1542 to 1548 which resulted in Tanemune's replacement as clan head by his eldest son, Harumune.[3][4]

Family

The emblem (mon) of the Date clan
  • 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

Retainers

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

  • Fukushima Prefecture (1969), Fukushima Kenshi, Vol. 1. Fukushima Prefectural Government.
  • Miyagi Prefecture (1957), Miyagi Kenshi, Vol. 1. Miyagi Kenshi Kankōkai.