Date
The Date were a warrior family of northern Japan, named for their lands in Date district of Mutsu. Their ancestor Isa Tomomune received the district from Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1189, and the family supported the Southern Court in the 1330s.
Date Masamune defeated the Ashina at Suriagehara in 1589 and took Aizu, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi required him to surrender that conquest in 1590. After supporting Tokugawa Ieyasu against the Uesugi in 1600, Masamune established the family's domain at Sendai.
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- Date Masayori
- Date Motomune
- Date Munemura
- Date Munetō
- Date Munetsuna
- Date Tameie
- Date Tomomune
- Date Yoshihiro
- Date Yukitomo