Talk:Date Clan/@comment-98.196.65.197-20161011130432/@comment-140.0.226.195-20170517183546

Not really, it was Imagawa (economically and military), Takeda (military), Uesugi (economy and military) and Oda (economically). Later on Takeda discovered gold mines and strengthen both their economy and military. Imagawa clan was powerful before their march to kyoto by Yoshimoto which led to their downfall. Uesugi clan was powerful but divided between different family branches, until Nagao Kagetora (Uesugi Kenshin) took control. Oda was powerful in terms of economy not military, their town prospered, they even dare to kidnap Matsudaira Takechiyo (later became Ieyasu Tokugawa) when he was under Imagawa's guardianship (Oda and Imagawa has always been at feud with each other, part of it because Oda was an upstart clan, taking over Owari from Shiba).