History of the Date Clan 

Likes large swords, lives on the northern end of an island nation hey wait I've seen this before

Fun fact: Kanako Date, a member of the Date clan descended from Masamune was the winner of Miss Japan 2018. She made it to the Top 30 in the Miss World 2018 competition after that

Date Masamune, the man who was born too late to unite Japan, yet at the right time to make a name for himself and immortalize himself as one of the symbols of Sengoku Jidai Samurai and Daimyo. Imagine what would happen if he were born just twenty years earlier... Also to add up to my earlier comment, Masamune was not just a military powerhouse and warrior, but also a great administrator. It is thanks to him that city of Sendai, today's heart and de-facto capital of Tohoku region, was practically built from nothing but a small village by Masamune. Even Ieyasu Tokugawa and Hideyoshi Toyotomi recognized the power and might of Masamune, and that is saying something.

Anytime I think of Date Masamune all I picture is him with six katanas on a horse that has exhaust pipes and a handle bar because of Sengoku Basara.

Date Masamune is hands down one of my favorite figures from the Sengoku Jidai, alongside Tokugawa Ieyasu and Takeda Shingen.

Some interesting facts about Masamune and the Date clan: 1) The Date in general where so dandy (especially Masamune) that their clan name became a word in Japanese meaning "stylish, date". Even more after Masamune presented himself in white robes and a crucifix in front of Toyotomi Hideyoshi after being late to Odawara. 2) Date Masamune had unusual hobbies for a daimyo: playing wadaiko drums and cooking for his guests. 3) It was because of Masamune that there are still Sanada Yukimura's descendants. Yukimura managed to impress Masamune at the Battle of Doumyouji in Siege of Osaka so well, that Masamune decided to care some of Yukimura's sons and daugthers. That's why also they are depicted as rivals often in fiction, Sengoku BASARA being the main perpetrator of this XD 4) Talking about Sengoku BASARA, they took historical Masamune's interest for western culture as an inspiration to make talk sometimes with modern English in the games and anime XD XD Really, Sengoku BASARA takes samurai trivia and exxagerate it, that's one reason why this franchise is so fun.

I COSPLAYED as DATE MASAMUNE, my lord my favourite feudal warlord of the north! The ONE EYED DRAGON!!!

As always a fine overview of the Date clan. I learned much that I did not know about the clan. Information presented in a very thorough manner without getting lost in the clan minutia. This information is presented in an extremely entertaining manner, thereby making this a very enjoyable video.

Date Junnosuke, who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries had an interesting life. He found his way over to warlord era China and seems to be involved with some of the Imperial military's meddling in the country. It looks like he was involved in some attempts to secure Manchurian autonomy and sadly ordered massacres during World War II and was executed for war crimes.

One thing I really respect Masamune for is that he was, apparently, a very good cook and served his guests food he prepared himself.

Thank you again for the very well-researched work :D Just some minor comments and quibbles: 1. Masamune's wife, despite having the kanji 愛 (*ai*, love) for her name, is apparently read more accurately as "Megohime". I've been exposed to as much from most other portrayals of her (including the 1987 Taiga Drama *Dokuganryu Masamune*, where she's ably portrayed by Junko Sakurada alongside the young Ken Watanabe). It's a pretty old drama and the references definitely scream pre-bubble crash Japan, but it surprisingly holds up well. (It even has Hiroyuki Sanada as Masamune's son in law Tadateru.) 2. The Date also came into focus in at least the 2010s if only because their most famous descendant right now isn't even the clan head, but (much like Nobunaga and Oda Nobunari) a celebrity--Miss World 2018 Kanako Date. 3. I was kind of hoping you to include the squabbles the Date have with the Mogami--especially as there seem to be conflicting portrayals of both Yoshihime and her brother Mogami Yoshiaki (who competed with Terumune and Masamune). Most fiction imply Yoshiaki instigated the succession crisis that forced Masamune to kill his brother and exile Yoshihime, but other historical records suggest he was nothing if not a quiet enough neighbor to Masamune for the rest of their lives. Mogami Yoshiaki also had the misfortune of losing his daughter (which Hidetsugu wanted as his concubine) to the Hidetsugu-related purge, and she wasn't even 15! Hopefully this gets touched in your future works, since apparently a lot of these small clans, minor daimyo and samurai--despite their obscurity--actually played vital roles that either led to the survival or fall of the major figures we know.

I think that even if Date Masamune was born earlier in the Sengoku Jidai period he would still be limited by where his family ruled. Oda Nobunaga had a massive benefit from being so close to the heavily populated region of central Honshu, something he and Toyotomi Hideyoshi would use to their advantage. Unfortunately being located in such a faraway region and having three significant clans, the Late Hojo, Uesugi and Takeda, nearby would limit the Date clan's ambitions unless one of those major powers fell. And when the Hojo finally fell the Date weren't in the right position to maximize what they could take.

I've been told by my family members that I have some type of blood connection to the Date, so they've always fascinated me. Love to see such a well put-together history of the clan.

I've been interested in Date Masamune since I visited Sendai. There are a lot of interesting monuments and other things dedicated to him in Sendai.

It says something powerful when among some of the most popular titles of the Sengoku period. The Fool of Owari, the Tiger of Kai, the God of War, titles for daimyos who lead their clans in the Sengoku period’s apex. And then there’s the One Eyed Dragon for a man put in charge only near its end. Yet would become nearly as legendary. As others have said, had Masamune been born eariler, he could have accomplished the most out of any daimyo of that era. Also fun fact, the current head of the Date clan that is mentioned at the end has a habit of showing up dressed in Date samurai armor for a samurai festival in Sendai.

Ahhh, the 1 eyed dragon, the 3 fanged beast or whatever they called him in samurai warriors... His horse was a motorcycle

Thank you for keeping gladdening is with high-quality content! ...with that being said, I am among those who are waiting for an Ikko Ikki separate video!

I've been waiting for this, such a powerful clan within the north along with the Satomi,Soma, Satake, Ashina, Mogami, Utsunomiya and Nanbu. Masamune is such an interesting warlord not only for military reasons but politically. I've noticed that the more famous figures of the Sengoku-jidai are overly romantizied to a degree where it can be quite exaggerated in various forms of media. It's always hard to know for certain if had Masamune been born earlier, his conquest of Oshu, Aizu and the surrounding areas may have gone well because he'd still have to contend with the likes of the Hojo, Takeda and Uesugi in the Kanto.

long long ago the Koei game Nobunaga's Ambition opened my 13 year old eyes to feudal Japan. Then read James Clavell's Shogun(interesting but a gross mistake). Then read Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa, and finally Taiko. I appreciate this channel very much for all the in depth views.

Really disappointed he doesn't have a motorcycle horse with 6 swords

Date Masamune is one of my favorite Samurai Warriors charcter.

I think the fascination with Date stems with what could've been had he became shogun. I imagine he would have gone straight to Japan's rapid development and industrialization, skipping the 250-year stagnancy (albeit, peaceful) Edo period into a Meiji-esque global power. Also, the One-Eyed Dragon is a good nickname. It certainly beats Dragon Without Depth Perception.

I think my favorite depiction of Date Masamune was the Hello Kitty branded cereal that could be found as omiyage Sendai Station. Something about Kitty, in her pink armor and eye patch really tickled me while I was there.

Thank you for a informative and entertaining video on such a famous and beloved figure! I remember watching the Taiga drama of Date Masamune when I was younger. Watanabe Ken portrayed him brilliantly Had he been born earlier, who knows what he could have accomplished.

There was a lot of new information in this video & I found this series to be intriguing. Keep up the good work 👍🏻

One of friend come from a family of retainers of the Date, his Kamon is a variation on the Date's. My In-laws live on former Date land, Iwadeyama. Love the Date, if you go to Miyagi prefecture there is Date lore EVERYWHERE.

Good to hear this Date Clan that survived to this day. Also he turned Sendai into an economic hub of North of Japan. Think his Masamune sword (made by famous Masamune himself) survived and is displayed in Date Masamune museum to this day, a tachi he shortened into Katana length. Think there is a hearsay that Date Masamune has a sword with named "Kurombu-giri" (Black person cutter) a name he got it after he was doing a "Tameshigiri" on a Korean POW who happened to have a bit of darker skin in the Imjin War. Date Masamune is a tetotaler and not much of a big drinker, instead he prefer to do cooking and inventing new dishes. Also his habit is to smoke tobacco before going to bed. There is a pretty good manga that is a bit more matter of fact than fictional by Yokoyama Mitsuteru, famous for his Sangokushi (Three Kingdom) manga and Giant Robo.

Another great clan video. Thanks for making these, your in depth look into each of the major clans is awesome. I would love it if you could do the Tokugawa as well, especially about the origins of the Matsudaira if you got the time. I’m sure all the research and editing can be a pain Keep up the great content :)

i think much of masamune date's fame is due to the insanely good animes that portrats him as main characters, and yet i really enjoyed his death poem and external culture interest, not to mention that being pro christianism on the period is already a good sign of character, thank you for bringing this knowledge to us shogunate!!

The Japanese Taiga Drama, "Dokuganryu Masamune" starring Ken Watanabe as Date Masamune is EPICCCCC if you really want to dive deep into this guy. Ken Watanabe was young when he played this role. crushed it.

God damn, I love these videos! Thank you for all the effort you put into making these.

Date clan is my favourite clan, completed my first campaign with them on Shogun 2

I liked The Age of Samurai on Netflix because I learned much about the war that I didn´t knew about. I know it maybe was not well received, but I liked it somehow.

I love you. Been waiting for this one, lol!

Im loving these episodes

Are you ready guys? PUT YA GUNS ON!

masamune is one of my favorite Japanese names

Always love your videos man! I've learned all about the sengoku jidai period through video games and i know the big picture of it, so it's nice to now learn all about the small details in the period. Also i have an idea that might be interesting is profiles of samurais that doesn't get enough attention. Like muneshige tachibana that's known to be the greatest samurai in all western japan, or maybe his wife ginchiyo that some say is the greatest female samurai, the 21 generals of the takeda clan, the iga clan ninjas, and others

I had absolutely no clue this family still lives on!

If Koei-Tecmo makes another sengoku musou game similar to Sanada maru then I hope they use the Date clan.

Most of us in the US who like Date Masamune is most likely because of Samuari Warriors. SW Empires 2 for me specifically. He was my favorite character. “Japan is mine. Japan wants to be mine.”

Masamune be like "HERE WE GO ! LETS PARTY!!"

I played Date clan in Nobunagas Ambition - Spheres of influence.

LET'S PARTY!

I'm Still Waiting for the other Samurai clan That has a Mon with the bamboo and Sparrow but in Echigo

There is one interesting Date in history called "Date Junnosuke" descendant of one eyed dragon who is a Ronin and blood brother of Chinese most infamous warlord "Zhang zhong Chang" , he killed a school rival in his highschool days but acquitted bcoz of family reputation and later become Korean Hussars guards of IJA and later executed by Chinese authorities for his role in WWII massacre while only in his thirties.....(p.s I am also Date clan fans)

BONZAIIIIIII

The last episode of the 1987 TV drama "Dokuganryu Masamune". The real Date Masamune (skull) appears. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BJjAYmVea6U.html

excellent videos, and a worthy fundraiser too ^_^ . Take care

As the no-dachi samurai say: BANZAAAI!

My ancestor family clan Tamura is closely linked to the Date clan by marriage. It would be cool if you could do a video on the Tamura Clan.

Im a simple man I see a video about Date Clan and “The One Eyed Dragon”, i click like and subscribe

9:41 - 9:52 Mood Masamune. I would lose my self confidence too if my mom told me I would never amount to anything because of my disability. Oh no, wait, that has already happened.

Date clan A clan where everyone can go on a date

thank you for this

Date Sayuri is a seiyuu (voice actress) who was born in Miyagi Prefecture, which was one of the Date's major power bases. I wonder if she's related to the clan.

Masamune Date’s legacy will continue to be remembered, from women seeing a man whose female size as Napoleon Bonaparte, that rose Ken Watanabe’s fame and in Koei-Tecmo games like Samurai Warriors and Warriors Orochi at times saying “Imbecile”, complimenting doofs like Mitsunari Ishida and Sima Yi 😂 but in the end, you won’t be forgotten 👍.

Imagine Date Masamune existing during Oda Nobunaga’s rise to power… will Masamune survive Nobunaga’s ungodly wrath?

Can you please make one about the Minamoto clan? I want to know how powerful they were in both leadership and military might.

I noticed that about Netflix they introduced him like he was going to be a big character and do something big but ended up doing nothing. Guess they did it to show how he was quite rebellious

The one thing about date masamune my ancestor is like him and sanada yukimura they were alike in a way that we were both shy but were warriors at heart. Masamune want power like a shogun and yukimura want to be loyal to a fight for the person that treat him well. He has relative to the first shogun do to his ancestor marrying into the family. That is why date clan is always about power. Sanada is about being great warriors and great strategist.

Just wondering, is there a video on what exactly is the difference between a family and a clan? Because on one hand it sounds like a family, but there’s no way one family could field so many samurai at least not from their own bloodline.

just wanted to inform you about a game named samurai bringer its a rogue-like with a lot of sengoku jidai generals and a lot of yokai if you want you can make a video about it

So this is a Date bio, dattebayo

History of Ashina clan, please

Ken Watanabe as Date Masamune was entertaining

BANZAI

I have a important question what was the date clan’s ideology because i been curious about there background

My grandparents are from the Sendai region (Aizu & Akita), and my grandad comes from a family that uses the Date kamon. However I don’t know the specifics of how & why he’s affiliated with the symbol. I wish I could ask him about it but I born shortly before he passed away so I’ll have to ask my relatives about it.

PUT YA GUNS ON

The One-Eyed Dragon rises :p

make video about Azai clan :)

On which dates did the Dates eat dates?

Date Masamune's Robot Body.

Heard Date Masamune carried 6 swords into battle, anyone know if this true or have any reference on it?

Obama castle

yay my fav samurai the "dukuganryu' Masamune

Dokuganryu!

Can you tell me where u get those japanese arts?

Who were the runners up (#2, #3) to the Date on Patreon?

Do īte clan next or oda

3:32 this kamon is not origially designed by the Date clan, is Uesugi clan in Echigo(=ichigo)(not Uesugi kenshin inherited. This clan is the branch family from Uesugi clan in Kanto.) give away their kamon by appreciating Date clan help them and the Date clan transform it. 4:41 not like the other clan swear loyal to Ashikage family by land cut to ashikage family or to the other clan who support the north court, the 9th generation, Date Masamune, which is the famous Date Masamune, the 17th generation, name come from(the 16th generation give the 17th generation this name in order to courage him like his ancestor), made a huge rebellion in south Mutsu region and repressed not punished by Ashikage family or cut their land to other clan.

when are you going to do the history of uesugi?

6:59

I enjoy this clan greatly due to its reduced dev trait 😅

Kinda wonder where the choshu clan emerged from

My high azz thought that was the logo to Bully

plz abe clan next

10:23

I’m having a Date.

Did you say Obama Castle?

funny thing happened.

Sicsth

Why would his army be stationed away from the fighting in Korea just because they wore fancier armour? To impress dignitaries who come to visit HQ?

Masamune is not pronounced correctly in this video, the pronunciation in this clip sounds pretty strange, if you're Japanese.

a lot left out

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Fun fact: Nobody cares about the shogun himself(no tokugawa clan video)

second!