Date Tanemune Explained

Date Tanemune
Office:Head of Date clan
Father:Date Hisamune
Mother:Sensu'in
Spouse:Teishin'in
Relations:Nakajo-dono (concubine)
Shimodate-dono (concubine)
Nakadate-dono (concubine)
Watari-dono (concubine)
Bo-dono (concubine)
Successor:Date Harumune
Predecessor:Date Hisamune
Termstart:1514
Termend:1548
Birth Date:Jiro (次郎)
1488
Death Date:July 16, 1565
Allegiance:15px Date clan
Commands:Mutsu Province
Children:Date Harumune
Date Sanemoto
Battles:Tenbun War

was a Japanese samurai warrior and Date clan leader during the Sengoku period.[1]

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 of Mutsu Province.

In 1536, he promulgated the Date provincial code (Jinkaishū).[2]

Tanemune's attempt to have Uesugi Sadazane, the childless head of the Uesugi, 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.[3] [4]

Family

References

Notes and References

  1. [Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]
  2. Nussbaum, "Date clan" at p. 147.
  3. Fukushima (1969), p. 802
  4. Miyagi (1957), p. 376