Talk:Date Clan/@comment-98.196.65.197-20161011130432/@comment-73.166.141.196-20171114030656

1568 is after the Imagawa were stomped out by Takeda Shingen, which elevates him to a rare position as ruler of three provinces. Norimasa was a somewhat weaker man but of powerful station, which he gave to Kenshin through adoption. Kenshin is mostly the ruler of one province, but its a large, wealthy, and powerful one. Then the Mori who rule seven, but its downside was that Motonari was old and his heir was his lazy grandson.

Date does become powerful eventually, but Masamune was born too late to really effect anything. He had to follow Hideyoshi's orders.