Courage Wolf ~ Dokuganryū

Masamune Date

Masamune Date

Date Masamune (伊達 政宗 ) (September 5, 1567 – June 27, 1636) was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful daimyo in the Tohoku 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, for which he was often called Dokuganryū (独眼竜), or the “one-eyed dragon”.

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