Date Harumune

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Date".

Date Harumune (伊達 晴宗, 1519 – January 12, 1578) was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period.[1]

As a special honor, Ashikaga Yoshiharu gave permission for Harumune to use one ideograph (haru-) of his name.[2]

Early life

Harumune was the son of Date Tanemune.[1]

Daimyo

Harumune was the 15th head of the Date clan of Mutsu Province.[1]

The Ashikaga shogunate gave Harumune power and responsibilities as tendai of Mutsu.[2]

References

The emblem (mon) of the Date clan
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Date Terumune" at The Japan Biographical Encyclopedia & Who's Who, Issue 3 (1964), p. 121.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brinkley, Frank. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meji Era, p. 471.