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Letter from Naoe Kanetsugu to Uesugi clan vassals

YAMAGATA, Japan - Yamagata University displays on Feb. 4, 2014 in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, a letter written by feudal lord Naoe Kanetsugu (1560-1619) addressed to vassals of the Uesugi clan, praising them for putting up a good fight against the forces of rival lord Date Masamune.

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400th anniv. of Japan mission's visit to Mexico City

LOS ANGELES, United States - Tsunetaka Hasekura (L), a descendant of Tsunenaga Hasekura who headed the 17th century Keicho Mission sent by feudal lord Date Masamune in modern day Miyagi Prefecture area to Europe, shakes hands with Mexico City Mayor Miguel Mancera at a ceremony to mark the 400th anniversary of the Japanese mission's visit to the city on March 24, 2014.

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400th anniv. of Japan mission's visit to Mexico City

LOS ANGELES, United States - Tunetaka Hasekura (L), a descendant of Tsunenaga Hasekura who headed the 17th century Keicho Mission sent by feudal lord Date Masamune in modern day Miyagi Prefecture area of Japan to Europe, shakes hands with Mexico City Mayor Miguel Mancera in front of the national flags of Japan and Mexico at the city hall of Mexico City on March 24, 2014, to mark the 400th anniversary of the mission's visit to the city.

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Japanese breweries growing popular among foreign tourists

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors on a guided tour at Japanese sake brewer Kinshi-Masamune Co.'s Shintokiwagura plant in Kyoto, western Japan, watch the sake fermentation process as "koji" malted rice and yeast are mixed on Feb. 28, 2014. Amid the rising global popularity of Japanese cuisine, overseas tourists are showing an increasing interest in guided tours of Japanese breweries and distilleries.

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Japanese beverage makers let tourists see what's brewing

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors on a guided tour at Japanese sake brewer Kinshi-Masamune Co.'s Shintokiwagura plant in Kyoto try sake tasting on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Historian proposes new theory regarding 1613 Keicho mission

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken July 8, 2013, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, shows Naotsugu Hamada, director of the Keicho Mission Ship Museum in the city, who has studied documents pertaining to the Keicho Mission sent in 1613 by Sendai feudal lord Date Masamune to Europe to negotiate direct trade with Mexico. The documents have been registered by UNESCO as valuable records in its Memory of the World documentary heritage program.

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UNESCO register adds archive of pre-modern Japan mission

SENDAI, Japan - Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama answers a reporter's question at the Sendai city hall in Miyagi Prefecture on June 19, 2013. A collection of materials about Keicho Mission, a 17th century mission sent under the order of Sendai feudal lord Date Masamune to the Vatican and Spain, has been selected for the UNESCO Memory of the World registry, the Japanese education ministry said the same day.

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Japan prince in Spain

SEVILLE, Spain - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (R front) attends a reception June 14, 2013, in Seville, southern Spain, to meet persons called "Japon" who are said to be descendants of members of a mission dispatched by Japanese feudal lord Date Masamune to the European country 400 years ago. The prince is shaking hands with one such person.

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'Feudal warlords' in charity drive

SENDAI, Japan - People wearing armor and samurai outfits perform at an event soliciting donations for quake and tsunami relief in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 30, 2011, following the March 11 disaster. The area of Sendai used to be governed by famous feudal warlord Date Masamune.

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'Feudal warlords' in charity drive

SENDAI, Japan - People wearing armor and samurai outfits solicit donations for quake and tsunami relief in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 30, 2011, following the March 11 disaster. The area of Sendai used to be governed by famous feudal warlord Date Masamune.

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Bronze statue of Havana's 1st Japanese envoy unveiled

HAVANA, Cuba - A bronze statue of Japan's first official envoy to visit what is now Cuba in 1614, while on his way to Europe on a mission with a Japanese delegation, is unveiled at a park in Havana on April 26. The 1.6-meter statue was erected in memory of Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571-1622), a retainer of Date Masamune, a ''daimyo'' or feudal lord of Sendai in northeastern Japan. Standing in samurai attire (3rd from R) is Norimasa Hasekura, 60, Tsunenaga's descendant.

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Bronze statue of Havana's 1st Japanese envoy unveiled

HAVANA, Cuba - A bronze statue of Japan's first official envoy to visit what is now Cuba in 1614, while on his way to Europe on a mission with a Japanese delegation, is unveiled at a park in Havana on April 26. The 1.6-meter statue was erected in memory of Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571-1622), a retainer of Date Masamune, a ''daimyo'' or feudal lord of Sendai in northeastern Japan. Standing in samurai attire (3rd from R) is Norimasa Hasekura, 60, Tsunenaga's descendant.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in northeastern Japan

Photo taken Feb. 17, 2021, shows a bust of Japanese feudal lord Date Masamune at Sendai City Museum in Sendai, northeastern Japan. The horn of its helmet was partially broken in a magnitude 7.3 earthquake late on Feb. 13.

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Aftermath of Feb. 13 earthquake in northeastern Japan

Stone lanterns are seen fallen at Zuihoden mausoleum for Japanese feudal lord Date Masamune in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2021, following the previous day's magnitude-7.3 earthquake in northeastern Japan.

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Aftermath of Feb. 13 earthquake in northeastern Japan

Stone lanterns are seen fallen at Zuihoden mausoleum for Japanese feudal lord Date Masamune in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2021, following the previous day's magnitude-7.3 earthquake in northeastern Japan.

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Aftermath of Feb. 13 earthquake in northeastern Japan

Stone lanterns are seen fallen at Zuihoden mausoleum for Japanese feudal lord Date Masamune in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2021, following the previous day's magnitude-7.3 earthquake in northeastern Japan.

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Aftermath of Feb. 13 earthquake in northeastern Japan

Stone lanterns are seen fallen at Zuihoden mausoleum for Japanese feudal lord Date Masamune in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2021, following the previous day's magnitude-7.3 earthquake in northeastern Japan.

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Fukushima Gainax to produce PR anime for Date City

Date Mayor Shoji Nishida (C) and Yoshinori Asao (2nd from R), president of Fukushima Gainax, join hands in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 19, 2015, at a press conference to announce that the firm will produce an animation to promote tourism in the northeastern Japanese city. The film will trace the life of warlord Date Masamune (1567-1636), the 17th head of the Date clan that has its roots in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giant torches blaze up Fukushima festival

About 25 giant torches blaze at the traditional "Taimatsu Akashi" festival in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2015. The event is believed to have started more than 400 years ago to commemorate victims of the war in which the army of feudal lord Date Masamune from Sendai domain conquered Sukagawa Castle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Statue of Hasekura Tsunenaga in Havana

A statue of Japanese samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga in Havana is seen in this photo taken on April 29, 2015. Hasekura visited Cuba in 1614 as head of the Keicho Mission to Europe dispatched by Date Masamune, feudal lord of Sendai Domain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Citizens gather around statue of Hasekura Tsunenaga in Havana

Citizens gather around a statue of Japanese samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga in Havana in October 2014. Hasekura visited Cuba in 1614 as head of the Keicho Mission to Europe dispatched by Date Masamune, feudal lord of Sendai Domain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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The Yomeimon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

The Yomei Gate seen from the sanshinko. The steel lantern to the right of the staircase was donated by Date Masamune. Above the stairs to the right is the lotus lantern donated by the Netherlands and a bell presented by the King of Korea. The Kamijinko is seen at the right edge built in Azekura style. The eaves have sculptures of a white and black elephant based on the rough draft by Kano Tanyu.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number13‐23‐0]

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Three sacred storehouses of nikko toshogu shrine

To the right is the Yomei Gate, and the left is the kamijinko (treasure storage of a shrine). The kamijinko is built in Azekura style (store house built of square logs) , inlaid with carvings of a white and black elephant based on a draft by Kano Tanyu at the end of the eaves. To the right of the steps are steel lanterns dedicated by Date Masamune, and stone garden lanterns dedicated by other lords. There are three warehouses for storage of a thousand costumes used in the spring and autumn warrior processions.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐23‐0]

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'Feudal warlords' in charity drive

SENDAI, Japan - People wearing armor and samurai outfits perform at an event soliciting donations for quake and tsunami relief in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 30, 2011, following the March 11 disaster. The area of Sendai used to be governed by famous feudal warlord Date Masamune. (Kyodo)

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'Feudal warlords' in charity drive

SENDAI, Japan - People wearing armor and samurai outfits solicit donations for quake and tsunami relief in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 30, 2011, following the March 11 disaster. The area of Sendai used to be governed by famous feudal warlord Date Masamune. (Kyodo)

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Equestrian statue of Sendai feudal lord

Photo taken June 26, 2020, at JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows an equestrian statue of Date Masamune (1567-1636), the first feudal lord head of the Sendai Domain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Equestrian statue of Sendai feudal lord

A mother and child pose for a photo in front of an equestrian statue of Date Masamune (1567-1636), the first feudal lord head of the Sendai Domain, unveiled at JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 26, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Equestrian statue of Sendai feudal lord

Photo taken June 26, 2020, at JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows an equestrian statue of Date Masamune (1567-1636), the first feudal lord head of the Sendai Domain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iniesta at sake promotional event

Vissel Kobe midfielder Andres Iniesta is pictured during a sake promotional event in Kobe on Oct. 28, 2019. The former Barcelona star became an "ambassador" for Kiku-Masamune brewery based in the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iniesta at sake promotional event

Vissel Kobe midfielder Andres Iniesta (L) poses for a photo in Kobe on Oct. 28, 2019, after he became an "ambassador" for Kiku-Masamune sake brewery based in the western Japan city. Standing next to the former Barcelona star is Homare Sawa, who led Japan to the 2011 women's football World Cup title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Replica of 17th century Japanese ship dispatched to Europe

Photo taken in December 2019 shows a replica of the Sant Juan Bautista, a ship said to have been dispatched to Europe by Sendai-based feudal lord Date Masamune in 1613 for a trade mission, at Miyagi Sant Juan Bautista Museum in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki. The real scale replica, constructed in 1993, will be dismantled from fiscal 2021 as its condition has deteriorated following the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Replica of 17th century Japanese ship dispatched to Europe

Photo taken in December 2019 shows a replica of the Sant Juan Bautista, a ship said to have been dispatched to Europe by Sendai-based feudal lord Date Masamune in 1613 for a trade mission, at Miyagi Sant Juan Bautista Museum in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki. The real scale replica, constructed in 1993, will be dismantled from fiscal 2021 as its condition has deteriorated following the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Replica of 17th century Japanese ship dispatched to Europe

Photo taken in December 2018 shows a replica of the Sant Juan Bautista, a ship said to have been dispatched to Europe by Sendai-based feudal lord Date Masamune in 1613 for a trade mission, at Miyagi Sant Juan Bautista Museum in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki. The real scale replica, constructed in 1993, will be dismantled from fiscal 2021 as its condition has deteriorated following the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo