DateKatakura (Date retainer)
Katakura Kagetsuna
片倉景綱
“Kojūrō the Demon”
1557–1615 (aged 59)
- Rank / office
- Lord of Shiroishi Castle
- Domain / base
- Mutsu (Shiroishi Castle)
- Banner / crest
- Nine stars
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Born into a family of Shinto priests, he was chosen as tutor and strategist to the young Date Masamune. Cool and composed, he was paired with Shigezane in the saying "Kagetsuna for wisdom, Shigezane for arms." At Suriagehara he held the vanguard through the difficult opening, and when the wind turned he re-formed the front and created the starting point of the counterattack. He saved Masamune in crisis after crisis, at Hitotoribashi and the Ōsaki campaign, and as the foremost retainer of the house held Shiroishi Castle, the southern key of the Sendai domain. His son Shigenaga, the second Kojūrō, fought hard at the Siege of Osaka and is known as the man to whom the dying Sanada Yukimura entrusted his daughter.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1575Tenshō 3
Tutor to Masamune
Served close to the young Masamune and polished his talents.
- 1585Tenshō 13
Hitotoribashi
Got Masamune away from the encirclement of the Satake–Ashina alliance.
- 1589Tenshō 17
Suriagehara
Held the vanguard through the difficult opening and touched off the counterattack.
Battle of Suriagehara 3,000 troops Watch in 3D › Masamune's brains and right arm, "Kojūrō the Demon." Pushed back by the Tomita contingent at first, he re-formed the front when the wind changed and touched off the counterattack. - 1602Keichō 7
Lord of Shiroishi Castle
Became chief retainer in charge of Shiroishi Castle, the southern key of the Sendai domain.
