The mausoleum of Date Masamune, the one-eyed lord who founded Sendai, standing in a cedar grove up a stone stairway and painted in the full Momoyama palette of black lacquer, gold and vermilion. It is the most spectacular single building in the city. Note it is a 1979 reconstruction: the 1637 original was destroyed in the 1945 air raid. 570 yen.