DateDate
Date Shigezane
伊達成実
1568–1646 (aged 79)
- Rank / office
- Lord of Watari Castle
- Domain / base
- Mutsu (Watari Castle)
- Banner / crest
- Sparrow in bamboo
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Son of Date Sanemoto and cousin of Masamune. He wore on his helmet a caterpillar, which only moves forward, and always sought the vanguard: a fighting man paired with Kojūrō in the saying "Kojūrō for wisdom, Shigezane for arms." At Suriagehara he struck the Ashina flank from the right wing and, together with the reversal of the wind, brought on their collapse. For a time he abandoned his lands and left the Date, but later returned, held Watari and supported the founding of the Sendai domain. His own memoir, the "Shigezane-ki" (Date Diary), is famous as a first-class source for the Sengoku history of the north-east.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1585Tenshō 13
Hitotoribashi
Served as rearguard and saved Masamune's main body from danger.
- 1589Tenshō 17
Suriagehara
Struck the Ashina flank from the right wing with the side-thrust that decided the battle.
Battle of Suriagehara 4,000 troops Watch in 3D › Masamune's cousin, called "Shigezane the warrior." He drove into the Ashina flank from the right wing and delivered the side-thrust that decided the battle. - 1600Keichō 5
Attack on Shiroishi Castle
Attacked into Uesugi territory in concert with Sekigahara.
- 1602Keichō 7
Lord of Watari
Returned to service as lord of Watari Castle and became a pillar of the Sendai domain.
