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| name = Date Shigemura
| name = Date Shigemura
| native_name = 伊達重村
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| image = Date Shigemura.jpg
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| caption = Portrait of Date Shigemura
| caption = Portrait of Date Shigemura at [[Sendai City Museum]]
| birth_name =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1742|03|27}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1742|05|23}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1796|05|27|1742|03|27}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1796|05|27|1742|05|23}}
| death_place = Edo, Japan
| death_place = Edo, Japan
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| nationality = Japanese
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|office1= [[file:Take ni Suzume.svg|20px]] 7th ''[[Daimyō]]'' of [[Sendai Domain]]
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*[[Tokugawa Ieshige]]
| office = Daimyō of [[Sendai Domain]]
*[[Tokugawa Ieharu]]
| term_start = 1759
*[[Tokugawa Ienari]]
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| predecessor = [[Date Munemura]]
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| successor = [[Date Narimura]]
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| spouse =Toshiko, adopted daughter of [[Konoe Uchisaki]]
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|successor1 = [[Date Narimura]]
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| spouse = Toshiko, adopted daughter of [[Konoe Uchisaki]]
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{{Japanese name|Date}}
{{nihongo|'''Date Shigemura'''|伊達重村||extra=23 May 1742 – 27 May 1796}} was an mid-[[Edo period]] [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[samurai]], and the 7th ''[[daimyō]]'' of [[Sendai Domain]] in the [[Tōhoku region]] of northern Japan, and the 23rd hereditary chieftain of the [[Date clan]].


{{family name hatnote|Date|lang=Japanese}}
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==Biography==


{{nihongo|'''Date Shigemura'''|伊達重村||{{Respell|DAH|tay}}; 23 May 1742 – 27 May 1796}}<ref name="AsahiJiten1994">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Date Shigemura|script-title=ja:伊達重村 |encyclopedia=朝日日本歴史人物事典 (Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten; Asahi encyclopedia of historic figures in the history of Japan) |last=Saito<!--齋藤鋭雄--> |first=Etsuo<!--鋭雄--> |year=1994 |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]] |location=Japan |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BC%8A%E9%81%94%E9%87%8D%E6%9D%91-1089681 |access-date=2022-09-24 |language=ja |via=[[Kotobank]])}}</ref> was a mid-[[Edo period]] [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[samurai]], and the seventh ''[[daimyō]]'' of [[Sendai Domain]] in the [[Tōhoku region]] of northern Japan, and the 23rd hereditary chieftain of the [[Date clan]].
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Shigemura was the second son of [[Date Munemura]]. His infant name was Gihachirō (儀八郎), and he was renamed '''Date Kunimura''' on the death of his elder brother in 1745. At the time of his ''[[genpuku]]'' ceremony in 1755, he received a ''[[kanji]]'' from ''[[Shogun]]'' [[Tokugawa Ieshige]] and thus became Date Shigemura. He became ''daimyō'' at the age of 15 the following year, on the death of his father. Due to his youth, the shogunate appointed his uncle, [[Tamura Murataka]] of [[Ichinoseki Domain]] as his guardian. He inherited a dire situation, in which the domain was suffering from a great famine, finances were in arrears, and there was bitter in-fighting between the various senior retainers.


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==Biography==
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In 1760, Shigemura married his [[second cousin]], Toshiko, the daughter of the ''[[kuge]]'', Hirohata Nakatada, and adopted daughter of the ''[[Kampaku]]'' [[Konoe Uchisaki]]. This year also marked the end of his guardianship, and he was free to start to reform the situation within the domain on his own. However, he was severely sidetracked by an issue over his [[courtesy title]] and [[List of Japanese court ranks, positions and hereditary titles |Court rank]]. Nominally, Sendai Domain was considered to have the same status in the Shogun’s court as [[Kagoshima Domain]]. In 1764, [[Shimazu Shigehide]], ''daimyō'' of Kagoshima, received promotion to Junior Fourth Rank, Senior grade and ''Sakonoe-gon-chūjō'' (Lieutenant General of the Left Guards). Unable to abide by being surpassed by Shigehide, who was three years younger, Shigemura was forced to make a tremendous outlay in presents and bribes to shogunal officials to have his courtesy titles and position raised as well. To pay for these expenses, he demanded that his senior retainers accept cuts in their stipends, and those who protested were placed under house arrest. In 1767, he finally achieved promotion, but at the cost of 220,000 ''[[ryō]]''.
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Shigemura was the second son of [[Date Munemura]]. His infant name was Gihachirō (儀八郎), and he was renamed '''Date Kunimura''' on the death of his elder brother in 1745. At the time of his ''[[genpuku]]'' ceremony in 1755, he received a ''[[kanji]]'' from ''[[Shōgun]]'' [[Tokugawa Ieshige]] and thus became Date Shigemura. He became ''daimyō'' at the age of 15 the following year, on the death of his father. Due to his youth, the shogunate appointed his uncle, [[Tamura Murataka]] of [[Ichinoseki Domain]] as his guardian. He inherited a dire situation, in which the domain was suffering from a great famine, finances were in arrears, and there was bitter in-fighting between the various senior retainers.

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In 1760, Shigemura married his [[second cousin]], Toshiko, the daughter of the ''[[kuge]]'', Hirohata Nakatada, and adopted daughter of the ''[[Kampaku]]'' [[Konoe Uchisaki]]. This year also marked the end of his guardianship, and he was free to start to reform the situation within the domain on his own. However, he was severely sidetracked by an issue over his [[courtesy title]] and [[List of Japanese court ranks, positions and hereditary titles |Court rank]]. Nominally, Sendai Domain was considered to have the same status in the Shōgun’s court as [[Kagoshima Domain]]. In 1764, [[Shimazu Shigehide]], ''daimyō'' of Kagoshima, received promotion to Junior Fourth Rank, Senior grade and ''Sakonoe-gon-chūjō'' (Lieutenant General of the Left Guards). Unable to abide by being surpassed by Shigehide, who was three years younger, Shigemura was forced to make a tremendous outlay in presents and bribes to shogunal officials to have his courtesy titles and position raised as well. To pay for these expenses, he demanded that his senior retainers accept cuts in their stipends, and those who protested were placed under house arrest. In 1767, he finally achieved promotion, but at the cost of 220,000 ''[[ryō]]''.


In 1768, Sendai Domain received an order from the Shogunate to mint iron coins for a seven-year period. Normally, minting was considered a very lucrative task; however, the sudden influx of vast amounts of coinage from Sendai Domain created inflation nationwide, which drove the value of the coinage down. Also, as the traditional copper coinage was considered more valuable than Sendai iron coins despite having the same face value, this caused much confusion in the market. The shogunate intervened in 1772 to cut the contract short; but then relented in 1776 to permit another two years of production, as long as the coins remained within the borders of Sendai.
In 1768, Sendai Domain received an order from the Shogunate to mint iron coins for a seven-year period. Normally, minting was considered a very lucrative task; however, the sudden influx of vast amounts of coinage from Sendai Domain created inflation nationwide, which drove the value of the coinage down. Also, as the traditional copper coinage was considered more valuable than Sendai iron coins despite having the same face value, this caused much confusion in the market. The shogunate intervened in 1772 to cut the contract short; but then relented in 1776 to permit another two years of production, as long as the coins remained within the borders of Sendai.


These antics did nothing to improve on the even worsening financial situation and political in-fighting within the domain. In 1790, Shigemura resigned in favor of his son, snd died six years later at the domain’s ''shimoyashiki'' in Edo.
These antics did nothing to improve on the even worsening financial situation and political in-fighting within the domain. In 1790, Shigemura resigned in favor of his son, and died six years later at the domain's ''shimoyashiki'' in Edo.


==Family==
==Family==
* Father: [[Date Munemura]]
* Father: [[Date Munemura]]
* Mother: Osei no Kata (1719-1763)
* Mother: Osei no Kata (1719–1763)
* Wife: Toshiko (1745-1808)
* Wife: '''Toshiko''' (1745–1808)
** 1st daughter: unnamed, died in infancy
* Concubines:
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** 3rd daughter: Manhime, married Ii Naotomi of Hikone Domain
** Osega no Kata
** Okoto no Kata
* Concubine: '''Osega no Kata'''
** 1st son: Date Sosaburo (d. 1787)
** Ohisa no Kata
** Osada no Kata
* Concubine: '''Okoto no Kata'''
** 2nd daughter: Junhime, married Date Muranaga, ''daimyō'' of Uwajima Domain
** Osode no Kata
** Odai no Kata
* Concubine: '''Osega no Kata'''
** 4th daughter: Seihime married Ikeda Harumichi, ''daimyō'' of Tottori Domain
** Oai no Kata
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** 5th daughter: Sachihime, married Tsuchiya Hidenao ''daimyō'' of Tsuchiura Domain
* Children:
** 3rd son: Date Sensaburo, died in childhood
** daughter by Toshiko
** 9th daughter: unnamed, died in infancy
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** Manhime married Ii Naotomi by Toshiko
** Sosaburo (d.1787) by Ohisa no Kata
* Concubine: '''Ojo no Kata'''
** Junhime married Date Muranaga by Okoto no Kata
** 2nd son: [[Date Narimura]], ''daimyō'' of Sendai Domain
** 6th daughter: Hohime, died in childhood
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** Sachihime married Tsuchiya Hidenao by Osega no Kata
** Sensaburo by Osega no Kata
* Concubine: '''Osode no Kata'''
** daughter by Osega no Kata
** 7th daughter: Meguhime, died in childhood
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* Concubine: '''Odai no Kata'''
** Namahime married Ikeda Harumichi by Osega no Kata
** 8th daughter: Kazuhime, died in childhood
** [[Date Narimura]] by Ojo no Kata
** daughter by Ojo no Kata
* Concubine: '''Oai no Kata'''
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** 10th daughter: Utsuhime, married Date Murayuki of the ''hatamoto'' Tome-Date clan
** Meguhime by Osode no Kata
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** Kazuhime by Odai no Kata
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** Utsuhime married Date Murayuki by Oai no Kata


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
*[[Edmund Papinot|Papinot, Edmund]]. (1948). ''Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan''. New York: Overbeck Co.
*[[Edmond Papinot|Papinot, Edmond]]. (1948). ''Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan''. New York: Overbeck Co.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/mutudewa/sendai.html Sendai Domain on "Edo 300 HTML"] (3 Nov. 2007) {{ja}}
*[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/mutudewa/sendai.html Sendai Domain on "Edo 300 HTML"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607051630/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/mutudewa/sendai.html |date=2011-06-07 }} (3 Nov. 2007) {{in lang|ja}}

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Date Shigemura
伊達重村
Portrait of Date Shigemura at Sendai City Museum
7th Daimyō of Sendai Domain
In office
1759–1790
MonarchsShōgun
Preceded byDate Munemura
Succeeded byDate Narimura
Personal details
Born(1742-05-23)May 23, 1742
DiedMay 27, 1796(1796-05-27) (aged 54)
Edo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Spouse(s)Toshiko, adopted daughter of Konoe Uchisaki
Parent
  • Date Munemura (father)
In this Japanese name, the surname is Date.

Date Shigemura (伊達重村, DAH-tay; 23 May 1742 – 27 May 1796)[1] was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the seventh daimyō of Sendai Domain in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan, and the 23rd hereditary chieftain of the Date clan.

Biography

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Shigemura was the second son of Date Munemura. His infant name was Gihachirō (儀八郎), and he was renamed Date Kunimura on the death of his elder brother in 1745. At the time of his genpuku ceremony in 1755, he received a kanji from Shōgun Tokugawa Ieshige and thus became Date Shigemura. He became daimyō at the age of 15 the following year, on the death of his father. Due to his youth, the shogunate appointed his uncle, Tamura Murataka of Ichinoseki Domain as his guardian. He inherited a dire situation, in which the domain was suffering from a great famine, finances were in arrears, and there was bitter in-fighting between the various senior retainers.

In 1760, Shigemura married his second cousin, Toshiko, the daughter of the kuge, Hirohata Nakatada, and adopted daughter of the Kampaku Konoe Uchisaki. This year also marked the end of his guardianship, and he was free to start to reform the situation within the domain on his own. However, he was severely sidetracked by an issue over his courtesy title and Court rank. Nominally, Sendai Domain was considered to have the same status in the Shōgun’s court as Kagoshima Domain. In 1764, Shimazu Shigehide, daimyō of Kagoshima, received promotion to Junior Fourth Rank, Senior grade and Sakonoe-gon-chūjō (Lieutenant General of the Left Guards). Unable to abide by being surpassed by Shigehide, who was three years younger, Shigemura was forced to make a tremendous outlay in presents and bribes to shogunal officials to have his courtesy titles and position raised as well. To pay for these expenses, he demanded that his senior retainers accept cuts in their stipends, and those who protested were placed under house arrest. In 1767, he finally achieved promotion, but at the cost of 220,000 ryō.

In 1768, Sendai Domain received an order from the Shogunate to mint iron coins for a seven-year period. Normally, minting was considered a very lucrative task; however, the sudden influx of vast amounts of coinage from Sendai Domain created inflation nationwide, which drove the value of the coinage down. Also, as the traditional copper coinage was considered more valuable than Sendai iron coins despite having the same face value, this caused much confusion in the market. The shogunate intervened in 1772 to cut the contract short; but then relented in 1776 to permit another two years of production, as long as the coins remained within the borders of Sendai.

These antics did nothing to improve on the even worsening financial situation and political in-fighting within the domain. In 1790, Shigemura resigned in favor of his son, and died six years later at the domain's shimoyashiki in Edo.

Family

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  • Father: Date Munemura
  • Mother: Osei no Kata (1719–1763)
  • Wife: Toshiko (1745–1808)
    • 1st daughter: unnamed, died in infancy
    • 3rd daughter: Manhime, married Ii Naotomi of Hikone Domain
  • Concubine: Osega no Kata
    • 1st son: Date Sosaburo (d. 1787)
  • Concubine: Okoto no Kata
    • 2nd daughter: Junhime, married Date Muranaga, daimyō of Uwajima Domain
  • Concubine: Osega no Kata
    • 4th daughter: Seihime married Ikeda Harumichi, daimyō of Tottori Domain
    • 5th daughter: Sachihime, married Tsuchiya Hidenao daimyō of Tsuchiura Domain
    • 3rd son: Date Sensaburo, died in childhood
    • 9th daughter: unnamed, died in infancy
  • Concubine: Ojo no Kata
    • 2nd son: Date Narimura, daimyō of Sendai Domain
    • 6th daughter: Hohime, died in childhood
  • Concubine: Osode no Kata
    • 7th daughter: Meguhime, died in childhood
  • Concubine: Odai no Kata
    • 8th daughter: Kazuhime, died in childhood
  • Concubine: Oai no Kata
    • 10th daughter: Utsuhime, married Date Murayuki of the hatamoto Tome-Date clan
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  • The 2016 Japanese jidaigeki samurai comedy film The Magnificent Nine (殿、利息でござる！, Tono, Risoku de Gozaru!) is set in Sendai Domain at the time of Date Shigemura, and refers to the issue of Shigemura's rivalry with Shimazu Shigehide over courtesy titles. Date Shigemura is played by the figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Saito, Etsuo (1994). "Date Shigemura" 伊達重村. 朝日日本歴史人物事典 (Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten; Asahi encyclopedia of historic figures in the history of Japan) (in Japanese). Japan: The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved 2022-09-24 – via Kotobank).
  2. ^ "殿、利息でござる！". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  • Papinot, Edmond. (1948). Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. New York: Overbeck Co.
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