The wife of
Date Masamune was
Megohime (1568–1653), also known as Lady Tamura, since she was the daughter and only child of
Tamura Kiyoaki. Her paternal grandmother and maternal grandmother were also both daughters of
Date Tanemune, making her Masamune’s second cousin. She had four children, the eldest of which (
Date Tadamune) was Masamune’s successor to
Sendai Domain. Although Masamune had agreed that their second son should succeed to the Tamura clan, this son (Date Munetsuna) died at the age of 16. In order to restore the Tamura clan, Date Tadamune’s son
Date Muneyoshi was ordered to take the Tamura surname. Ichinoseki domain forces took part in the
Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei's attack on the
Akita Domain in the late summer of 1868. In the Meiji era, the former
daimyō of Ichinoseki,
Tamura Takaaki, was created
viscount in the new
kazoku peerage system. ==Family Heads==