Date Terumune
Date Terumune (伊達 輝宗, 1544 – November 29, 1585) was a Japanese samurai clan leader of the Sengoku period.[1] His childhood name was Hikotaro (彦太郎) later Sojiro (総次郎).
Date Terumune | |
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伊達輝宗 | |
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| Head of Date clan | |
| In office ?–1585 | |
| Preceded by | Date Harumune |
| Succeeded by | Date Masamune |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1544 |
| Died | November 29, 1585 (aged 40–41) |
| Resting place | Yonezawa, Yamagata |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Spouse(s) | Yoshihime |
| Children | Date Masamune Date Masamichi Date Hideo Chiko-hime |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Onamihime (sister) Mogami Yoshiaki (brother-in-law) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Date clan |
Family
- Father: Date Harumune
- Mother: Kubohime (1521-1594)
- Wife: Yoshihime (1548-1623)
- Sister: Onamihime
- Children:
- Date Masamune by Yoshihime
- Date Masamichi (1568-1590) by Yoshihime
- Chikohime by Yoshihime
- Senshihime by Yoshihime
Daimyo
Terumune succeeded his father Harumune; and he became the sixteenth head of the Date clan of Mutsu Province.[2]
When Oda Nobunaga was assassinated in 1582, Terumune gave his clan's support to Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the power struggle which followed.[3]
Terumune was the father of Date Masamune,[1][4] who succeeded him as clan leader in 1584.[5]
The emblem (mon) of the Date clan
In fiction
In NHK's 1987 Taiga drama Dokuganryū Masamune, Terumune was played by Kin'ya Kitaōji.[6]
References
- Turnbull, Stephen. (2012). Samurai Commanders: 1577-1638, Vol, 2, p. 52.
- "Date Terumune" at The Japan Biographical Encyclopedia & Who's Who, Issue 3 (1964), p. 121.
- Meriwether, Colyer. (1898). "Life of Date Masamune," Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vol. XXI (1893), p. 11.
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. p. 236. ISBN 9781854095237.
- Meriwether, p. 8.
- "大河ドラマ 独眼竜政宗" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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