Clan Dates

The clan Date (伊達氏) is a line of Daimyo S of the Japan which controlled part of the north of Japan at the end of the 16th century and the Edo period. The most famous member of this clan is Masamune Date which establishes the capacity of the family by avenging death for his/her brother.

The family goes down from Fujiwara.

At the beginning of the period Kamakura Tomomune Isa which goes down from Fujiwara No Uona (721-783) to the 16th generation, came from Isa in the Province of Hitachi. It settled in the district of Date in 1189 and the family took the name of this district (which is in the current prefecture of Fukushima). This district was given rewards some with the family by Minamoto No Yoritomo, the first Shogun of the Kamakura period. The shogun gave this ground in thanks of their participation in the Guerre of Gempei.

During the war of Nanboku-cho which opposed two courses imperial, the clan supported the Go-Daigo emperor of the court of the South against Kitabake Akiie of the imperial court of North.

For the Sengoku period, the clan tried like all the others to unify the country. He succeeds in resisting the invasions of large lords of wars like Nobunaga Oda, Kenshin Uesugi, or Hideyoshi Toyotomi. This resistance succeeded partly thanks to Masamune Date which wove alliances with the other clans of the north of Japan. Finally, the Date clan chooses to support in particular Ieyasu Tokugawa with the Bataille of Sekigahara. However, after this battle, Ieyasu Tokugawa realized that the clan was a possible threat and tested as much as possible to prevent that it does not take too much importance.

In 1600, after Masamune Date overcame the Clan Uesugi, the clan took the control of the Uesugi islands in the province of Mutsu and settled with the castle of the town of Iwatezawa which it re-elected in Sendai.

Members

14th century

Muneto Dates (1324-1385)
Masamune Date (1353-1405)
Ujimune Date (1371-1412)
Mochimune Date (1393-1469)

15th century

Narimune Dates] (1435-1487?)
Hisamune Dates (1453-1514)
Uemune Date (1488-1565)

16th century

Harumune Dates (1519-1577)
Terumune Date (1544-1584 gold 1585)
Masamune Date (1567-1636)
Masamichi Date (1578-1590)
Hidemune Date (1591-1658)
Tadamune Date (1599-1658)
Shuyu Date (15?? - 1642)
does Munesane Date (?? -??)
Munekatsu Dates

17th century

Munetomo Dates
Munetsuna Date (1603-1618)
Munenobu Date (1603-1627)
Munehiro Date (1612-1644)
Munetoki Date (1615-1653)
Torachiyomaru Date (1624-1630)
Muneyoshi Date (1625-1678)
Mitsumune Date (1627-1645)
Munetoshi Date (1634-1708)
Munezumi Date (1636-1708)
Sourin Date (1640-1670)
Tsunamune Date (1640-1711)
Munefusa Date (1646-1686)
Tsunamura Date (1659-1719)
Munenori Dates (1673-1694)
Yoshimura Date (1680-1751)
Muratoyo Date (1682-1737)
Muraoki Date (1683-1767)
Muranari Date (1686-1726)
Murasen Date (1698-1744)

18th century

Murasumi Dates (1717-1735)
Muranobu Date (1720-1765)
Murakata Date (1745-1790)
Murayoshi Date (1778-1820)

19th century

Yoshitaka Dates (1812-1862)
Yoshihiro Date (1825-1874)
Kunninei Date (1830-1874)
Kuninao Date (1834-1891)
Kuninari Date (1841-1904)
Munemoto Date (1866-1917)
Takeshiro Date (1868-1908)
Kunimune Date (1870-1923)

20th century

Okimune Dates (1906-1947)
Munehide Date (1908-1964)
Munemi Date (1918-1982)
Sadamune Date (1937-1981)
Yasumune Date (1959-)

See too

List of the Japanese clans

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