Takeda Nobutora

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Takeda Nobutora's tomb is located at Daisen-ji in Kofu , Yamanashi .

Takeda Nobutora ( Japanese 武田 信 虎 ; born February 11, 1494 in Isawa (Yamanashi) ; † March 27, 1574 ) was a Japanese daimyo (feudal lord) who ruled the province of Kai and fought in a series of battles during the Sengoku period . He belonged to the Sengoku daimyo who benefited directly from the loss of power of the imperial court in Kyoto in Japan's feudal period . He was the father of Takeda Shingen , whose original name is Harunobu, and two other sons, Nobushige and Nobukado .

Live and act

youth

He was born as the eldest son of Takeda Nobutsuna ( 武田 信 縄 ) in his residence in Isawa (Yamanashi) in the middle of his province Kai . He is said to have been bold and sublime from birth. His childhood name was Kawada Gorō ( 川 田五郎 ). At the age of 14 he became the 18th head of the Takeda von Kai in 1508. He managed to subdue most families in Kai Province until 1521 and also the province Rikuzen , Province Rikuchu and Mutsu Province to conquer.

Adulthood

Later came the Musashi Province in the east (today: Tokyo and Saitama Prefectures ) and the Sagami Province and Suruga Province (today Kanagawa and Shizuoka Prefectures ) in the south. In addition, with his military strength he expanded his influence in the north in the province of Shinano and in the other neighboring countries. He created the basis for the land of his son Takeda Shingen and thus his position as one of the most powerful daimyo . However, he did not want his hot-headed eldest son Harunobu (Takeda Shingen) as his heir.

Life in exile

in the year 10 Tenbun 1542, when he was 48 years old, he withdrew to Surugawa ( province Suruga ) to the Imagawa (clan) (a vassal clan of the Takeda at that time) in a temple and from then on led a monastic life, under the official one A pretext for being banned from Kyoto. However, most historians assume that his hot-blooded son, whom he wanted to disinherit, banished him and simply took power.

In his later years he is in the province of Shinano in the castle Takato ( 高遠城 gone), and when he died of a disease with 81 years due to old age, to be eluded him until then to return home.

Participation in battles

Nobutora fought Hiraga Genshin at the Battle of Un no Kuchi in 1536. He was forced to retreat, but his son Harunobu defeated Hiraga and took the castle. Nobutora nevertheless wanted to hand over his successor to his other son Nobushige , and so Harunobu Takeda Shingen fell out with his father and banished him to Suruga. He died in 1574.

family

dig

His official grave is on the grounds of Daisen-ji (Kofu) in the Japanese prefecture of Yamanashi .

literature

  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook . London: Cassell & Cooperation.
  • Shibatsuji Shunroku:　甲 斐 武田 一族 ( Kai Takeda ichizoku ), 2005 ISBN 4-40403-262-5

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Takeda is the family name, Nobutora the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Takeda, Nobutora
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 武田 信 虎 (Japanese); Kawada Gorō (childhood name); 川 田五郎 (childhood name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Daimyo of the Kai Province
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1494
PLACE OF BIRTH Isawa (Yamanashi)
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1574