was a Japanese

samurai The samurai () were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who came from wealthy landowning families who could afford to train their men to be mounted archers. In the 8th century AD, the imperial court d ...

of the

Sengoku period The was the period in History of Japan, Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Kyōtoku incident (1454), Ōnin War (1467), or (1493) are generally chosen as th ...

, who was the younger brother of

Takeda Shingen was daimyō, daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known as "the Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyo of the late Sengoku period, and credited with exceptional military prestige. Shingen was based in a p ...

, the ruler and ''

daimyo were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominally to ...

'' of Kai Province. He is known as one of the "

Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen The Twenty-Four Generals (武田二十四将, ''Takeda Nijūshi-shō'') were just one of many historically famous groupings of battle commanders from Japan's Sengoku Period. These Twenty-Four were the most trusted companions of Takeda Shingen. A t ...

".Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
"Shingen Takeda (Character) from ''Kagemusha'' (1980)
retrieved 2013-5-17. Nobutatsu also served under Shingen's son and ''de facto'' heir,

Takeda Katsuyori was a Japanese ''daimyō'' (military lord) of the Sengoku period, who was famed as the head of the Takeda clan and the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen. He was son-in-law of Hojo Ujiyasu, ''daimyō'' of Hojo clan. Early life H ...

. He fought at Nagashino in 1575.

Family

*Father:

Takeda Nobutora was a Japanese ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) who controlled the Province of Kai, and fought in a number of battles of the Sengoku period. He was the father and predecessor of the famous Takeda Shingen. Biography Nobutora’s son was Harunobu, la ...

(1494-1574) *Brothers: ** Takematsu (1517-1523) **

(1521-1573) ** Inuchiyo (1523-1529) **

Takeda Nobushige was a samurai of Japan's Sengoku period, and younger brother of Takeda Shingen. He was known as one of the " Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen". Military life Takeda Nobushige held the favor of their father, Takeda Nobutora, then ''daimy ...

(1525-1561) ** Takeda Nobumoto **

Takeda Nobukado was a Japanese samurai (warrior) and general of the Takeda clan during the Sengoku period. He was known as one of the " Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen". He is also well known as a painter. Relationship with Shingen It has been said th ...

(1529-1582) ** Matsuo Nobukore (ca. 1530s-1571) ** Takeda Souchi ** Takeda Nobuzane (ca. 1530s-1575) *Sisters: ** Joukei-in (1519-1550), married

Imagawa Yoshimoto was a Japanese ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the Sengoku period. Based in Suruga Province, he was known as ; he was one of the three ''daimyō'' that dominated the Tōkaidō region. He died in 1560 while marching to Kyoto to become Shogun. He ...

** Nanshou-in (born 1520) married

Anayama Nobutomo was a Japanese samurai and of the Sengoku period. He was the son of Anayama Nobutsuna. Nobutomo served the Takeda clan of Kai Province and held the title of , or ''Defender of Izu Province, Izu.'' He enjoyed special status in the Takeda ret ...

** Nene (1528-1543) married Suwa Yorishige

References

External links

"Legendary Takeda's 24 Generals" at Yamanashi-kankou.jp
Samurai 1539 births 1582 deaths Takeda clan Takeda retainers {{samurai-stub