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Portrait or photograph of Date Masamune: Painting of Pope Paul V (1552-1621) remitted by Hasekura Tsunenaga to Date Masamune during his 1620 report; Sendai City

Virtual Memorial

Date Masamune

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Date Masamune, remembered for Sendai domain, Sengoku leadership, Tohoku history.

1567 - 1636Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Portrait or photograph of Date Masamune: Portrait of Date Masamune, a daimyo from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the early Edo period. This portrait has both eye
Portrait of Date Masamune, a daimyo from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the early Edo period. This portrait has both eyes drawn according to Date Masamune's will, "When drawing a po Kano Yasunobu, Collection of Sendai City Museum., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Date Masamune Is Remembered

Date Masamune is remembered for sendai domain, sengoku leadership, tohoku history. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Date Masamune.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Sendai, Miyagi, Japan is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Date Masamune's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Date Masamune was a Japanese samurai and 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 his missing eye, as Masamune was often called dokuganryū (独眼竜), or the "One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshū". As a legendary warrior and leader, Masamune is a character in a number of Japanese period dramas.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

Photos

Portrait or photograph of Date Masamune: Portrait of Date Masamune (1567-1636). Made by Tosa Mitsusada (1738 - 1806).

Portrait of Date Masamune (1567-1636). Made by Tosa Mitsusada (1738 - 1806).

Tosa Mitsusada, 東福寺塔中霊源院, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Date Masamune: ja:青葉城の伊達政宗像。 en:Aobajyo's Date Masamune statue.

ja:青葉城の伊達政宗像。 en:Aobajyo's Date Masamune statue.

Tōru Komuro, Own work, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Date Masamune: Japanese soldiers in front of the statue of Date Masamune that was placed in Aoba Castle , in May 1940

Japanese soldiers in front of the statue of Date Masamune that was placed in Aoba Castle , in May 1940

Unknown author Unknown author, http://www.grafixnpix.com/wwii/group4.jpg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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