was a Japanese

samurai The samurai () were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who came from wealthy landowning families who could afford to train their men to be mounted archers. In the 8th century AD, the imperial court d ...

warrior and

Date clan The is a Japanese samurai kin group.Edmond Papinot, Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Date", ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 5 retrieved 2013-5-5. History The Date fam ...

leader during the

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Biography

He was born as the eldest son of Date Hisamune. His childhood name was Jiro (次郎). At the death of his father, he became ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and no ...

'' of Mutsu Province. In 1536, he promulgated the Date provincial code ('' Jinkaishū''). Tanemune's attempt to have Uesugi Sadazane, the childless head of the

Uesugi Uesugi (jap. 上杉, sometimes written ''Uyesugi'') is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: People *Uesugi clan, a Japanese samurai clan **Uesugi Akisada, (1454–1510), a samurai of the Uesugi clan ** Uesugi Harunori (1751� ...

, adopt Sanemoto and make him his heir, sparked a civil war within the Date known as the from 1542 to 1548 which resulted in Tanemune's replacement as clan head by his eldest son, Harumune.Miyagi (1957), p. 376

Family

* Father: Date Hisamune (1453–1514) * Mother: Sensu'in (d. 1513) * Wife: Teishin'in * Concubines: ** Nakajo-dono ** Shimodate-dono ** Nakadate-dono ** Watari-dono ** Bo-dono * Children: ** daughter married Souma Akitane by Teishin'in ** daughter by Teishin'in ** daughter married Ashina Moriuji ** Date Harumune by Teishin'in ** Date Genbanmaru by Teishin'in ** Osaki Yoshinobu (1526–1550) by Teishin'in **

Date Sanemoto was a Japanese samurai and commander of the Sengoku period. He was the third son of Date Tanemune His son Date Shigezane was also an important vassal of the Date clan. Date Tanemune tried to adopt him to the Uesugi clan The is a Japanes ...

(1527–1587) by Nakajo-dono ** daughter married Nikaido Teruyuki by Shimodate-dono ** daughter married Tamura Takaaki by Shimodate-dono ** Date Munetoshi by Shimodate-dono ** Daughter married Kakketa Toshimune by Shimodate-dono ** Yanagawa Munekiyo (1532–1605) by Nakadate-dono ** Ogata Yasuaji by Nakadate-dono ** Watari Motomune (1530–1594) by Watari-dono ** Watari Tsunamune by Watari-dono ** Kori Munesada by Bo-dono ** Kasai Ushisarumaru by Bo-dono ** Gorakuin Munesake by Bo-dono ** Date Shichiro by Bo-dono ** Kosugo gozen married Sōma Yoshitane (1558-1635) by Bo-dono

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References

*Fukushima Prefecture (1969), ''Fukushima Kenshi, Vol. 1''. Fukushima Prefectural Government. *Miyagi Prefecture (1957), ''Miyagi Kenshi, Vol. 1''. Miyagi Kenshi Kankōkai. Daimyo 1488 births 1565 deaths Date clan {{daimyo-stub