Takeda Nobukado

Takeda Nobukado

Takeda Nobukado's coat of arms, as found on pageants and in history books.

Takeda Nobukado ( Japanese 武 田信廉 ; * 1529 ; † 1582 ) was one of the Takeda Shingen brothers . He was also one of the 24 generals who fought for Shingen. His official rank was (刑部 少 輔) which corresponds to a Gyōbushō , the then Minister of Justice. He was a samurai of the Takeda (clan) .

family

• Father: Takeda Nobutora (1494–1574)
• Mother: Ōi no kata
• Brothers:
  • Takeda Shingen (1521–1573)
  • Takeda Nobushige (1525–1561)
  • Takeda Takematsu
  • Takeda Inuchiyō
  • Takeda Shinmoto / Nobutomo
• Sons:
  • Takeda Nobuzumi ( 武 田信澄 )
  • (武 田麟岳)
  • Nishina Morinobu ( 仁科 盛 信 )
• Daughters:
  • Kawakubo Nobutoshi ( 河 窪 信 俊 )
  • Ogasawara Nobumine ( 小 笠原 信 嶺 )

person

He is said to have been a good leader of the cavalry and also created several works as a painter, some of which have survived to this day. For example, a collection of his drawings is kept in the Chōzen-ji (Kōfu) .

history

His final resting place in Kofu.

After the death of his brother and Sengoku daimyōs Shingen, he stood by his son Takeda Katsuyori , the new daimyō of the Takeda, as an advisor and continued to lead troops for the Takeda. He has the troops in midfield in the Battle of Nagashino . In this great defeat, which meant the end of the Takeda, many of the 24 generals were killed, but he fled the battlefield. Despite this, however, he was captured by Oda Nobunaga and beheaded like many other Takeda supporters. His grave is in the Shōjō-in ( 逍遥 院 ) in Kōfu .

swell

• Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
• Takeda 24 Generals
• Samurai Archive

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Takeda is the family name, Nobukado the first name.