was a regional strongman of Japan's
Azuchi-Momoyama period through early
Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful
daimyo in the
Tōhoku 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, and Date was often called
dokuganryū (独眼竜), or the "one-eyed dragon".