When Date Masamune, known as 'the one-eyed dragon' (独眼竜) and founder of the Sendai Domain, died in 1636, he left instructions for a mausoleum.

[1][2][3] The Zuihōden (瑞鳳殿) was built for Date Masamune (1567–1636), founding daimyō of the Sendai Domain.

Designated a National Treasure (国宝) in 1931, it was destroyed in 1945, rebuilt in 1979, and repaired in 2001 in order to more closely resemble the original mausoleum.

[1] The Kansenden (感仙殿) was built for Date Tadamune (1599–1658), second daimyō of the Sendai Domain.

[1] Items found in excavations of the Kansenden and Zennōden prior to their reconstruction after the bombing of 1945 are housed in the Zuihōden Museum (資料館).