Date Shigemura
Date Shigemura | |
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伊達重村 | |
Shōgun | |
Preceded by | Date Munemura |
Succeeded by | Date Narimura |
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Born | May 23, 1742 |
Died | May 27, 1796 Edo, Japan | (aged 54)
Nationality | Japanese |
Spouse(s) | Toshiko, adopted daughter of Konoe Uchisaki |
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Date Shigemura (伊達重村, 23 May 1742 – 27 May 1796)
Biography
Shigemura was the second son of
In 1760, Shigemura married his
In 1768, Sendai Domain received an order from the Shogunate to mint iron coins for a seven-year period. Normally, minting was considered a very lucrative task; however, the sudden influx of vast amounts of coinage from Sendai Domain created inflation nationwide, which drove the value of the coinage down. Also, as the traditional copper coinage was considered more valuable than Sendai iron coins despite having the same face value, this caused much confusion in the market. The shogunate intervened in 1772 to cut the contract short; but then relented in 1776 to permit another two years of production, as long as the coins remained within the borders of Sendai.
These antics did nothing to improve on the even worsening financial situation and political in-fighting within the domain. In 1790, Shigemura resigned in favor of his son, and died six years later at the domain's shimoyashiki in Edo.
Family
- Father: Date Munemura
- Mother: Osei no Kata (1719–1763)
- Wife: Toshiko (1745–1808)
- 1st daughter: unnamed, died in infancy
- 3rd daughter: Manhime, married Ii Naotomi of Hikone Domain
- Concubine: Osega no Kata
- 1st son: Date Sosaburo (d. 1787)
- Concubine: Okoto no Kata
- 2nd daughter: Junhime, married Date Muranaga, daimyō of Uwajima Domain
- Concubine: Osega no Kata
- 4th daughter: Seihime married Ikeda Harumichi, daimyō of Tottori Domain
- 5th daughter: Sachihime, married Tsuchiya Hidenao daimyō of Tsuchiura Domain
- 3rd son: Date Sensaburo, died in childhood
- 9th daughter: unnamed, died in infancy
- Concubine: Ojo no Kata
- 2nd son: Date Narimura, daimyō of Sendai Domain
- 6th daughter: Hohime, died in childhood
- Concubine: Osode no Kata
- 7th daughter: Meguhime, died in childhood
- Concubine: Odai no Kata
- 8th daughter: Kazuhime, died in childhood
- Concubine: Oai no Kata
- 10th daughter: Utsuhime, married Date Murayuki of the hatamoto Tome-Date clan
In popular culture
- The 2016 Japanese jidaigeki samurai comedy film The Magnificent Nine (殿、利息でござる!, Tono, Risoku de Gozaru!) is set in Sendai Domain at the time of Date Shigemura, and refers to the issue of Shigemura's rivalry with Shimazu Shigehide over courtesy titles. Date Shigemura is played by the figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu.[2]
References
- The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved 2022-09-24 – via Kotobank).
- ^ "殿、利息でござる!". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved May 27, 2016.
- Papinot, Edmond. (1948). Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. New York: Overbeck Co.
External links
- Sendai Domain on "Edo 300 HTML" Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine (3 Nov. 2007) (in Japanese)