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His life is the subject of a historical novel by Jirō Nitta, which was adapted for television in the 1988 NHK Taiga drama Takeda Shingen, starring Kiichi Nakai, distributed internationally under the title Shingen. Shingen the Ruler (Takeda Shingen 2 in Japan) is a turn-based strategy game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), produced ...
Takeda Nobutora – Shingen's father; Takeda Shingen – one of Japan's most famous warlords, Shingen expanded his domains greatly and became one of the major powers in the country for a time. Takeda Katsuyori – Shingen's son, Katsuyori commanded his father's armies after his death, and saw the fall of the Takeda family. Matsuhime – Shingen ...
The 1547 Battle of Odaihara was one of a series of battles waged by Takeda Shingen in his long campaign to conquer Shinano province.In this particular encounter he was fighting the forces of Uesugi Norimasa, who was based in Echigo province but had decided to intervene in Shinano to prevent Shingen from overrunning the whole province.
Ichijō Nobutatsu (一条 信龍, 1539 – April 2, 1582) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who was the younger brother of Takeda Shingen, the ruler and daimyo of Kai Province. He is known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen". [1] Nobutatsu also served under Shingen's son and de facto heir, Takeda Katsuyori.
Now ruler of a unified Japan, Hideyoshi seeks to become the most powerful man in Asia by invading and controlling China. But first he must go through Korea, initiating the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598). The Korean campaign becomes costly for Hideyoshi, and coupled with the loss of several of his relatives and an attempted coup soon ...
In the history of Japan, the 1582 siege of Takatō (高遠城の戦い) was one of the final battles of the Takeda clan against the forces of Oda Nobunaga.The only Takeda stronghold in Shinano province to put up any resistance to Nobunaga's final invasion of Takeda domain (in February 1582), the castle was taken by storm on March the 2nd 1582.
Suwa Yorishige (諏訪頼重) (1516–1544) was a Japanese samurai, daimyo (military lord) of Shinano province and head of the Suwa clan.He was defeated by Takeda Shingen, and his daughter Suwa Goryōnin (諏訪御料人, real name unknown) was taken as Shingen's concubine.
Model of Tsutsujigasaki Castle Tsutsujigasaki Castle Aerial Photograph. Tsutsujigasaki Castle (躑躅ヶ崎館, Tsutsujigasaki yakata) was the fortified residence of the final three generations of the Takeda clan, located in the center of the city of Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.