Aoba Castle, also known as Sendai Castle, was built by the feudal lord Date Masamune in the Sengoku Period. Masamune, also known as the One-Eyed Dragon of Oshu, was an excellent tactician and one of the most intelligent feudal lords of the time. He supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Battle of Sekigahara, and was thus allowed to keep his castle and domain. He also supported Christianity until Ieyasu outlawed it, and even sought to establish relations with the Pope. The castle remained in the hands of the Date family until the Meiji Period, when it was partially dismantled, and much of what remained was bombed in World War II, but much of it is being reconstructed.
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