Date Masamune

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The pride of the six Tohoku prefectures: "The majesty of the Sendai domain, a large domain in the Michinoku region with 620,000 koku of rice, is here!"

The Sendai domain was ruled by the Date clan from its establishment until its abolition during the Meiji Restoration. While its official kokudaka (rice yield) was 620,000 koku, its actual kokudaka (rice yield), including its branch domain, Ichinoseki Domain, exceeded 1 million koku. The domain was a direct vassal of the Date clan.

Daiwa Consilio2025.08.26

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Daiganji Temple, who is responsible for the Haizuka of Date Masamune and his grave guardians | A unique funeral ceremony passed down in the Date family [...

Zojozan Daiganji is a Jodo sect temple located in Shinsakacho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. This is a temple with a history that is deeply involved in the funeral ceremony of Date Masamune, the first lord of the Sendai domain...

Aoiwa2025.06.16

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Mother of 6 boys and 5 girls! Who is Date Masamune's grandmother, Princess Kubo? [Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture]

It is natural that during the Warring States Period, when war was constant, warlords tried to make many children. Therefore, there are not many "child-rich Sengoku warlords." But "a lot of kids...

Yuto Ono2025.04.10

Tohoku mystery

Is it the end of a tragedy or Masamune's conspiracy?... The life of Date Masamune's father, Terumune [Fukushima Prefecture]

Many people know about Date Masamune, a warlord and daimyo, even if you don't particularly like history, if you have connections with Yonezawa or Sendai. So, what about Masamune's father, Terumune? The existence of Terumune...

Yuto Ono2025.01.16

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What kind of person is Aihime? Tracing the path of Date Masamune's wise wife [Fukushima Prefecture]

In this article, we will explore history with the theme of the man named Megohime, the wife of Date Masamune, who was famous as a great general during the Sengoku period. In fact, she was born in Miharu-cho, Tamura-gun, Fukushima Prefecture...

Motoharu Kahashi2024.12.30

B-class gourmet

[Recommended Autumn Festival: Miyagi Edition] The Date family's majestic atmosphere and music overflowing with the city's city, coloring autumn.

Speaking of Miyagi Prefecture's large autumn festivals, the regular festival at Osaki Hachimangu Shrine, the total guardian of the Sendai Domain of 620,000 koku. In addition, Masamune, the founder of the domain, was based at Mt. Masamune, and before the founding of Sendai, Masamune, the prince of Mt. Masamune, was the home of the capital.

Daiwa Consilio2024.08.27

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[Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture] Restoration of the damaged Date Masamune equestrian statue is scheduled to be completed in late March

The statue of Date Masamune's horse majesty is a symbol of Sendai, which has been watching over the capital of the forest for many years from Mt. Aoba. In March 2022, the earthquake was damaged by a magnitude 6 earthquake observed in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, causing serious damage...

editorial staff2023.02.10

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[Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture] Introducing the latest information and history of the 2022 Sendai Tanabata Festival! Views of the day...

The Sendai Tanabata Festival is a famous event in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. I'm sure there are some people who know about the event but have never been there. So this time, we'll be doing Sendai Tanabata in 2022...

HiroyukiOka2022.07.26

Miyagi Prefecture

Is it the remains of the Edo period waterways shown by the tiles in the arcade in front of Sendai Station? Also featured in Bura Tamori...

The Sendai Station shopping district is a tourist spot with many people coming and going. In fact, there is a mystery in this shopping district that is not well known to the people of Miyagi Prefecture. The mystery is "arcade tile patterns"...

HiroyukiOka2022.06.01

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Three warlords from Miyagi Prefecture in the Sengoku period! Date Masamune, Katakura Kagetsuna, Itoshimi

During the Sengoku period, Miyagi Prefecture was a situation where local lords and other indigenous people were fighting against each other during the Kamakura period when they were given territory by the shogunate. Among them, Date, who grew his power, said that the 14th generation of Shumune and Harumune from the 15th generation were "...

Daiwa Consilio2022.05.19