Date Masamune, Japanese daimyō (died 1636)

Date Masamune

Daimyo of the Sengoku period to early-Edo period; first lord of Sendai

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 was made all the more iconic for…