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 ...
. 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 ...
".
He was the eldest son of
Sanada Yukitaka
was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He is known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen". He was the father of Sanada Nobutsuna and Sanada Masayuki and grandfather of the legendary samurai warrior Sanada Yukim ...
, a castle lord in
Shinano Province
or is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture.
Shinano bordered Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces. The ancient capital was located near modern-day Matsumoto, whi ...
, who by the time of his son's coming-of-age, had pledged his loyalty to the Takeda. During his coming-of-age ceremony, therefore, Sanada Nobutsuna was granted the shin (信) character from
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 ...
's name and took the name of Nobutsuna (信綱).
During the
Battle of Nagashino
The was a famous battle in History of Japan, Japanese history, fought in 1575 at Nagashino Castle, Nagashino in Mikawa Province (present-day Nagashino, Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture). The allied forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu (38,000) ...
in 1575, Nobutsuna was killed in combat his younger brother Masateru was also killed.
[ According to Shinchō Kōki, Nobutsuna served as a member of the rearguard in the retreat and was killed.]Sanada Nobuyuki
was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. He was the son of ''daimyō'' Sanada Masayuki and the older brother of Sanada Yukimura.
Early life
He was the first son of Sanada Masayuki and his wife, Kansho-in. His younger brother was Sanada Yu ...
(Masayuki's elder son)'s first wife.
References
External links
"Legendary Takeda's 24 Generals" at Yamanashi-kankou.jp
The Samurai Archives
''The Samurai Archives Japanese History Page''.
website in Japanese.
1537 births
1575 deaths
Samurai
Japanese warriors killed in battle
Takeda retainers
Sanada clan
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