Date Tsunamura
Date Tsunamura | |
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伊達綱村 | |
Daimyō of Sendai Domain | |
In office 1660–1703 | |
Monarchs | Shōgun |
Preceded by | Date Tsunamune |
Succeeded by | Date Yoshimura |
Personal details | |
Born | April 29, 1659 |
Died | August 5, 1719 Sendai, Miyagi, Japan | (aged 60)
Nationality | Japanese |
Spouse | daughter of Inaba Masanori |
Parents | (father) |
Date Tsunamura (伊達綱村, 29 April 1659 – 5 August 1719) was an early
Biography
Tsunamura was the eldest son of
Tsunamura became daimyō at the age of 2, when his father was relieved of his position due to political manipulations by his uncles, Date Munekatsu, daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain and Date Masamune's 10th son, and Tamura Muneyoshi, daimyō of Iwanuma Domain.[1] From 1660 to 1671, the two uncles acted as guardians for the infant Tsunamura, usurping his authority and becoming notorious for their greed, corruption and misgovernment. The domain was beset by constant peasant rebellions and (according to popular history) Tsumanura narrowly avoided assassination by his uncles on several occasions.
Events came to a head with the Date Sōdō, which also became a favorite theme of popular fiction, including bunraku and kabuki. Aki Muneshige, a relative from a cadet branch of the Date clan and retainer of Date Tsunamune managed to register a complaint to the shogunate officials about the mismanagement of the domain. Aki and various domain officials were summoned before the council of rōjū and the Tairō Sakai Tadakiyo. Testimony between Aki and the retainers of Munekatsu and Muneyoshi did not agree, and the testimony of Munekatsu's retainer Harada Munesuke made a particularly poor impression. Harada then murdered Aki before further testimony could be given, before being killed himself by the guards. The court ruled in favor of Aki. Tsunamura was allowed to remain daimyō; however, his uncles Munekatsu and Muneyoshi were removed from office.[2]
Once Tsunamura actually was able to exercise his own authority, one of his first actions was to order the construction of
Tsunamura died in 1719, and his grave is at Dainenjiyama in Sendai, rather than the Date clan mausoleum. In 1924, he was posthumously elevated to Senior Third Rank.
Family
- Father: Date Tsunamune
- Mother: Misawa Hatsuko (1640–1686)
- Wife: Manjuji-dono (Senhime) (1659–1706)
- 1st daughter: Kohime, died in childhood
- 1st son: Ogichiyo, died in childhood
- 2nd daughter Hakuhime, died in childhood
- Adopted Son: Date Yoshimura
See also
References
- 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 November 2007) (in Japanese)