Takeda Nobutake

Takeda Nobutake's grave in the Hōsen-ji temple cemetery in Kofu

Takeda Nobutake ( Japanese 武田 信 武 ; * 1292 ; † August 7, 1359 ) was a head of the Takeda family and significantly expanded the influence of this family in Japanese history. His offices were Kokushi (provincial officials) of Mutsu Province , the Izu Province and the province of Kai . He also became the Tendai of Kyushu. After splitting off from the Minamoto house , he was the 10th head of the Takeda family, who, like their ancestral house Minamoto , are counted among the traditional Bushi (aristocratic houses of the warrior class).

family

• His father was Takeda Nobumune .
• His wife was the daughter of Ashikaga Takayoshi , niece of the following shogun Ashikaga Takauji , whom Nobutake regarded as his master.
• His sons were:
  • Takeda Nobunari ( 武 田信成 )
  • Takeda Ujinobu ( 武田 氏 信 )
  • Son -in-law Yoshitake Anayama ( 穴 山 義 武 )
  • Son -in-law Nobuaki Ōi ( 大 井 信 明 )
  • Son -in-law Yamagata Kōshin ( 山 県 公 信 )

Historical role

He helped the Bushi (warrior class, and later as a samurai called), or more precisely the Ashikaga as a loyal follower of the final dominance over the pot belly pig , the court nobility, the last time in Japanese history with the Tennō Go-Daigo and his Kenmu Restoration yet was able to focus power on the imperial court for about five years and impose repressive laws on the warrior class.

Ashikaga Takauji could rely on the Takeda, especially Nobutake, as an ally. At the end of the Kamakura period when the three-year Gengō period began (September 1331), Ashikaga Takauji raised a large army for the march to Heian-kyō to defeat the Tennō Go-Daigo (96th emperor; 1288-1339; reign: 1318–1339) and, following the example of Minamoto Yoritomo, at the beginning of the Kamakura period, a military government, the Bakufu (shogunate government), was again installed. The third son of Shugo (provincial military commissioner, precursor of the daimyō of Kai province , Takeda Nobutake), Takeda Masayoshi ( 武田 政 義 ), was among the compiled associations . This grip with a troop from the province of Kai on the side of the attackers for the Ashikaga also in the siege of Akasaka ( 赤 坂 城 の 戦 い , Akasakajō no tatakai ), in which the general Go-Daigos Kusanogi Masashige ( 楠正 成 ) fought. Today one might think that the army of Bakufu must have been superior to the Tenno, but at that time, especially through the intervention of Nitta Yoshisada in favor of the emperor, it was the other way around. Because of their trust and alliance, Ashikaga Takauji married his niece to Takeda Nobutake. To win them over, Ashikaga Takauji Takeda Nobutake gave the office of Shugo from Wakasa, Aki and Kai in personal union and the office of Tandai (Governor General) over Kyushu.

Connection to Hōsen-ji

He has a special connection to the temple Hōsen-ji in Kōfu , there his grave can be found and there he is said to have entered at the end of his lifetime. Nobutake entered this temple as a monk in the 14th year of Shōhei, (Arabez .: December 8, 1346– July 24, 1370), on July 13 at the age of 67.

literature

• Shibatsuji Shunroku:　甲 斐 武田 一族 ( Kai Takeda ichizoku ), 2005, ISBN 4-40403-262-5

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