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Takeda Shingen
“Tiger of Kai”
The famous commander who exiled his father Nobutora, took over the house and swept through Shinano under the banner of "wind, forest, fire, mountain." He contended with Uesugi Kenshin at Kawanakajima and showed rare talent in government too, with flood-control works such as the Shingen embankment and the development of mines. Late in life he launched a march on the capital and swept Ieyasu aside at Mikatagahara, but fell ill on the way and died while turning back to Kai with his ambition unfulfilled.
- Epithet
- “Tiger of Kai”
- Rank / office
- Governor of Shinano / Daizen-no-daibu
- Domain / base
- Kai and Shinano
- Banner / crest
- "Wind, forest, fire, mountain" / Takeda diamond
- Side
- Takeda forces
- Lived
- 1521–1573 (aged 53)
People are the castle, people are the stone walls, people are the moat; kindness is an ally, and enmity an enemy.
Kōyō Gunkan
Life
- Tenbun 10 Succession Exiled his father Nobutora to Suruga and became head of the Takeda at 21.
- Eiroku 4 Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima Fought his fiercest battle with Uesugi Kenshin and lost the strategist Kansuke among others.
- Genki 3 The March on the Capital Set out with a great army for Kyoto and invaded Tokugawa territory.
- Genki 4 Mikatagahara and Death Beat Ieyasu at Mikatagahara, but his illness worsened on the march and he died in Shinano.
Battles in this archive2 battles
- Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima 10th day of the 9th month, Eiroku 4 Kawanakajima, Shinano Province Commander-in-chief, who set his headquarters on Hachimanbara and met the whole Uesugi army as it emerged from the mist with the crane's-wing formation. In the duel he is said to have parried the sword with his war fan. Watch ▸
- Battle of Mikatagahara 22nd day of the 12th month, Genki 3 Mikatagahara, Tōtōmi Province Marched past Hamamatsu Castle to lure Ieyasu out, and waited for him on Mikatagahara in the fish-scale formation. The high point of his march on the capital. Watch ▸
Related sites
- Tsutsujigasaki residence and Takeda Shrine (Kōfu)
- Erin-ji (Kōshū)