If your wondering the character in the Title is named Date Masamune. Date was a important Figure in Japanase history and is also in a anime series named Sengoku Basara.
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History of Date Masamune
Date Masamune or 伊達 政宗 Lived from September 5, 1567 – June 27, 1636
He was Japanese samurai of the Azuchi Momoyama period. Heir to a long line of powerful Daimyo in the Tohoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendi. An outstanding tactician, he was made all the more famous for his missing eye, and Masamune was often called dokuganryū (独眼竜), or the "One-Eyed Dragon"
At the age of 14 in 1581 Masamune led his first campaign helping his father fight the Soma family
Date Masamune's army is recognized by their black armors and gold head gear.
The Missing Eye
When Date was a child he got smallpox in his right eye robbing him of half of his eye sight. Some sources say he plucked out the eye himself when a senior member of the clan pointed out that an enemy could grab it in a fight. Others say that he had his trusted Officer Katakura Kojuro gouge out the eye for him. Because of his missing eye his own mother Thought he was unfit to take over as clan leader leader and started favoring his younger brother Kojiro as heir. It is speculated that she tried to poison him one night while serving him dinner. Masamune consequently killed his own brother in order to come to power
Date Masamune's Christianity Beliefs
He showed sympathy for Christian missionaries and traders in Japan. He allowed them to come and preach in his provinces. Masamune himself was secretly a Christian convert. Even though he funded and promoted an envoy to establish relations with the Pope in Rome, he was likely motivated at least in part by a desire for foreign technology
once Tokugawa Ieyasu outlawed Christianity Masamune reversed his position, and though disliking it, let Ieyasu persecute Christians in his domain. For 270 years
Date Masamune's Greatest Historical Achievement
The Greatest Historical Achievement of Date Masamune was the vary first Japanase ship to travel the world. The ship's name was Date Maru He used European Building techniques. The ships Main mission was to sail to rome and deliver a message to the pope
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