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*''Japanese:'' [[武田 (Takeda)|武田]]氏 ''(Takeda-shi)''

*''Japanese:'' [[武田 (Takeda)|武田]]氏 ''(Takeda-shi)''

The Takeda of Aki Province were related to the [[Takeda clan (Kai)|Takeda of Kai]] and were powerful in that province from the late 12th century until their downfall at the hands of [[Mori Motonari|Môri Motonari]] between [[1516]] and [[1523]].

The Takeda of [[Aki province|Aki Province]] were related to the [[Takeda clan (Kai)|Takeda of Kai]] and were powerful in that province from the late 12th century until 1541.

 

They held Kanayama Castle [銀山城] and in the early [[Sengoku Period]] were allied first with the  Ôuchi and then with the Amako.  Their fortunes declined after the 7th lord of the clan, [[Takeda Motoshige]], was killed fighting the [[Môri clan|Môri]] at the Battle of Akita-Nakaide in 1516.  His heir, [[Takeda Mitsuo|Mitsuo]] [光和], died suddenly in 1535.  Mitsuo's adopted son [[Takeda Motosane|Motosane]] [信実] quit Kanayama in 1541 when it was threatened by the Môri and Ôuchi in the wake of the Amako's defeat in Aki Province at the [[Battle of Yoshida-Koriyama]] [吉田郡山城の戦い].  Motosane fled to [[Izumo province]] and Kanayama surrendered.

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