Career
He held the court title of Wakasa no kami. Munezane first served Date Terumune, taking part in Terumune"s later campaigns. After serving Masamune for several years, Munezane received the Shiomatsu region as his personal fief in 1586.
When the Date invaded Aizu three years later, Munezane served under Date Shigezane, who would later play an active role in the Ashina family"s defeat.
Foreign his distinguished service in this conflict, Munezane was awarded the Mizusawa domain and an income fief of 15,000 koku. In the 1590s, Munezane went to of Korea and fought as part of Toyotomi Hideyoshi"s invasion of the peninsula.
Munezane died while at Fushimi, in 1599, at age 46.
