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* ''Birth: [[1529]]''
* ''Death: [[1596]]''
* ''Other names: Suketarô''
* ''[[Date clan|Date]] retainer''
Shigemitsu was the second son of [[Izumida Kagetoki]]. He succeeded his elder brother [[Izumida Mitsutoki]], who was killed fighting the [[Sôma clan]] in [[1582]], at [[Iwanuma castle]] and enjoyed an income of 8,000 koku. Shigemitsu assisted in the [[siege of Nihonmatsu]] Castle ([[1585]]) and in [[1588]] jointly commanded 5,000 men with [[Rusu Masakage]] against the [[Osaki clan|Ôsaki]] but was defeated and captured. He was allowed to return to the Date later that year and went on to serve [[Date Masamune]] in various other campaigns. He accompanied Masamune to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hideyoshi's]] [[Korean Invasion]] headquarters on [[Kyushu]] and died in 1596.
==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Death: [[1596]]''
* ''Other names: Suketarô''
* ''[[Date clan|Date]] retainer''
Shigemitsu was the second son of [[Izumida Kagetoki]]. He succeeded his elder brother [[Izumida Mitsutoki]], who was killed fighting the [[Sôma clan]] in [[1582]], at [[Iwanuma castle]] and enjoyed an income of 8,000 koku. Shigemitsu assisted in the [[siege of Nihonmatsu]] Castle ([[1585]]) and in [[1588]] jointly commanded 5,000 men with [[Rusu Masakage]] against the [[Osaki clan|Ôsaki]] but was defeated and captured. He was allowed to return to the Date later that year and went on to serve [[Date Masamune]] in various other campaigns. He accompanied Masamune to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hideyoshi's]] [[Korean Invasion]] headquarters on [[Kyushu]] and died in 1596.
==References==
{{biodict}}
[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]