Date Tomomune (伊達朝宗, ; 1129 – October 23, 1199) was a samurai during the closing years of the

Heian period The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kammu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means in Japanese. It is a ...

through to the beginning of the

Kamakura period The is a period of History of Japan, Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the G ...

. He is known as the founder of the

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 ...

Biography

In 1189, Nakamura Hitachi-nyudo Nensai received the territory of Date from Minamoto Yoritomo as a result of his participation in the Battle of Ōshu. He then changed his name to Date Tomomune and founded the Date Clan at Takakogaoka Castle, in the present day town of Hobara in Date City, Fukushima Prefecture. His grave is in the present day town of

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in Fukushima.歴史めぐりマップ生誕七百年北畠顕家卿
(PDF). ''Date-shi.jp''. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

Lineage

* Father: Nakamura Mitsutaka (中村光隆) * Mother: Daughter of Minamoto no Tameyoshi (源為義, 1096 – August 17, 1156) * Children: ** Eldest son: Isa Tamemune (伊佐為宗, ? - July 5, 1221) ** Second son: Date Munemura (伊達宗村, 1173? - November 11, 1251) ** Third son: Nakamura Suketsuna (中村資綱) ** Fourth son: Tameie (為家) ** Fifth son: Tameyuki (為行) ** Sixth son: Tade Sanetsuna (田手実綱) ** Seventh son: 延厳 (monk) ** Eighth son: Tomomoto (朝基) ** Ninth son: Teramoto Tameyasu (寺本為保) ** Daughter: Daishin no Tsubone (大進局) - wife of Minamoto Yoritomo ** Adopted child: Nakamura Tomosada (中村朝定)

In popular culture

Date Tomomune is prominently featured in the anime '' Masamune Datenicle'', produced by the City of Date in Fukushima in collaboration with Fukushima

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. Throughout the series, a young

Date Masamune was a Japanese ''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 w ...

receives the help of his ancestors while struggling with his new role as the 17th lord of the Date Clan. Date Tomomune appears in the first episode.

References

{{Authority control 1129 births 1199 deaths Date clan People of the Heian period