samurai
Date Masamune.
daimyo of the Sengoku period to early-Edo period; 1st lord of Sendai
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About Date Masamune
Date Masamune was a Japanese samurai and daimyō during the Azuchi–Momoyama period through the early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful feudal lords in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he was made all the more iconic for his missing eye, as Masamune was often called dokuganryū (独眼竜), or the "One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshū".
Everything about Date Masamune →- Occupation
- samurai, military personnel
- Position held
- daimyo, leader
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Born
- September 5, 1567
- Died
- June 27, 1636, August 24, 1636