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As the overlord of Okusu, Date Masamune suffered from the denial of his exploits throughout the ages because of Yamaoka Shohachi's famous remark that "I wish to be born twenty years early and achieve the hegemony of Nobunaga". In fact, as a family governor who had expanded his domain several times in five or six years after his succession, and a favorite vassal who was highly valued until the Tokugawa Iemitsu period, Masamune actually had some ability. Today we will talk about this person who has always been criticized as unworthy of his name and boasted that he was bigger than the actual daimyō Date Masamune.
Date Masamune succeeded to the throne at the age of 18 and became the seventeenth daimyō of the Date family, using his original musketeer team as the main force when he first encountered the Soma clan, abandoning the cavalry as the core of traditional tactics. Since then, Date Masamune has frequently fought against the surrounding daimyōs. He fought with Ashina, Soma, and Satake, and the other side's defeat and retreated, which inflated the territory of the Date family several times, but just when he was in the same scenery in Oshu, another daimyo, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, had taken all the land except Kanto and Oshima, and the power of domination was unstoppable. In desperation, Date Masamune, who had the ambition to dominate the world, submitted to Hideyoshi. So going back to the opening sentence of the main text, if he had been born twenty years earlier, would masamune, who had good ability, have unified Japan in the era of The Three Heroes of Kanto? There are also many opinions.
Some people feel that Date Masamune wants to seize the world, so in Oshu, he needs to break through the blockade of Uesugi, Takeda, and Hojo to go to Luo, the task is really arduous, and his base in Oshu belongs to the land-poor and cold Mutsu region, and economic conditions do not allow him to continue to expand. On the other hand, the Okuwa region had many mountains and inconvenient transportation, and the only way to go south was through the territory of Uesugi Kenshin, so the economy and geography of the Okuba region at that time were not enough to support Date Masamune's pursuit of the world.
However, some people say that in the face of such innate conditions, Date Masamune still showed a strong ability, through the later operation to make up for the external and innate environment weakness, the Battle of Nihon Matsujo and other battles are enough to show his ability. Suppose he can give it another period of time, maybe he can complete the great cause of reunification.
But history has no if, so the innate conditions were born in a bitter cold place, but through the efforts of the day after tomorrow and a number of Warring States daimyo shoulder to shoulder Date Masamune, he was naturally active in various literature, film and television works, and there is also his figure in the game, such as in the slg game "Kyushu Robbery" in Date Masamune appeared as a classic one-eyed image.
The slg game Kyushu Robbery restores the historical image of Date Masamune who was blinded in his right eye due to smallpox at an early age. Date Masamune in the standing painting is holding a samurai sword, and the surrounding area is as if a life-and-death struggle has just occurred, and the gorgeous armor further sets off the extraordinary temperament of this Date governor and the famous daimyo of Okuwa. His own skill, "Olympian Overlord", perfectly corresponds to his exploit of expanding the Territory of the Date Family several times in the history of the Warring States.
In the game, Date Masamune's strategic growth is excellent, and he is an excellent controller assistant. He could also form a combination of the "one-eyed tyrant" with the famous warlord Xiahou Huan during the Three Kingdoms period, but unlike the reason he lost his eye, Xiahou Huan's left eye was shot by Cao Sex, but he still took Cao Sex's life with a gun. These two people, one of whom strategized the world, was a martial artist, and could be described as a "tyrant" of different eras. In addition, he can also match with Zhang Fei and Honda Zhongsheng. Date Masamune's own skill was able to restrain some of the headshot squad, and with the blessing of Honda Tadatsukatsu, who was equipped with the "Sacrifice Of The Lord", this restraint effect was even higher.
All in all, Date Masamune was able to appear among the first-line daimyo during the heroic Warring States period of Japan, reflecting his own certain strength. I don't know if you think this Sengoku daimyō was born twenty years early to unify Japan? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area and discuss it together.
Look at the vicissitudes of the Three Kingdoms, taste the anecdotes of Kyushu, a little attention, tomorrow we will not see or disperse ~