Takeda Nobumitsu (1162-1248)

Takeda Nobumitsu ( Japanese 武田 信 光 ; * 1162 ; † August 7, 1248 ) was daimyo towards the end of the Heian period and at the beginning of the Kamakura period . Another name of his is Isawa Goro ( 石 和 五郎 ). His grave can be found in the city of Hokutoshi ( 北 杜 市 ) in the Sutamachō ( 須 玉 町 ) district in the Shinkō-ji ( 信 光寺 ). He was the second chief of the Kai Takeda.

role

He was Kami (head of provincial administrators) of Izu Province and Shugo (military governor) of Kai Province . For his assistance for the Hōjō in the Shōkyū War in 1221 he also received the province of Aki as a fief. This made him one of the most influential men in Japan during his lifetime. As head of one of the lower houses (Takeda are Minamoto) of the later Shogun Minamoto Yoritomo , he was the general who provided most of the troops in the Genpei War for his cousin Minamoto Yoritomo, and his victories as a general contributed significantly to the defeat of the Taira and to Founding of the first shogunate. He is said to have led over 50,000 men in a battle and took the Taira fortress by storm. This in turn secured the Takeda a wealthy position in the subsequent Minamoto shogunate, which later allowed them to rise to one of the strongest clans in the Sengoku period . He was the founder of the strength of the Takeda until its fall when the unification of the empire 350 years later.

person

He lived from the end of the Heian period in 1162 to the beginning of the Kamakura period in 1248. It is said that he was an excellent rider and archer, which at that time corresponded to the fighting style of the wealthy Buke (followers of the warrior nobility). Large standing armies were still unusual, so mounted archers were the most powerful and expensive troops in the field. That is why he was called one of the four "warrior kings".

family

• Father: Takeda Nobuyoshi
• Siblings:
  • Tadayori Ichijō ( 一条 忠 頼 ),
  • Shin Itagaki ( 板垣 兼 信 )
  • Henmi Yugi ( 逸 見 有 義 )
• Woman: daughter of Nitta Yoshishige ( 新 田 義 重 の 娘 )

literature

• Shibatsuji Shunroku: 甲 斐 武田 一族 ( Kai Takeda ichizoku ) Tōkyō 2005, ISBN 4-404-03262-5 .

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