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Date Masamune Final Residence Site
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The Hibiya Park site where Date Masamune, the 'One-Eyed Dragon of Oshu,' drew his last breath in 1636 — marked today by a memorial stone amid the greenery
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1636
Type
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3 min walk from Hibiya Subway Station
1-6 Hibiya Koen (inside Hibiya Park), Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
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Historic Site
Founded 1636
390 years
Overview
Site of the Sendai domain's outer-Sakurada upper residence, granted to its founder Date Masamune by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1601. The sprawling estate once extended from the west bank of today's Shinji-ike Pond through the tennis courts and along the Hibiya moat to the Small Music Hall area of Hibiya Park. Serving the Date lords through the third head Tsunamune for 60 years, it received Ieyasu three ti…
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Origins
Sendai domain upper residence granted to Masamune by Ieyasu in 1601. Visited 11 times by Ieyasu, Hidetada, and Iemitsu. Masamune died here at 70 in 1636. Used as Sendai"s Edo residence until 1661, lost in Meiji-era Hibiya Park development. A memorial stone now stands in the park.

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Date Masamune
One-Eyed Dragon
Age 69 at founding
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In 1601, Date Masamune received this site from Tokugawa Ieyasu as the Sendai domain's Edo residence (Sotozakurada Kamiyashiki). For 60 years it served as the domain lord's Edo base, visited eleven times in total by Ieyasu, Hidetada, and Iemitsu. On May 24, 1636, Masamune died here at age 70 — the place where the "One-Eyed Dragon," hero of northern Japan, met his end.
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