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[[Image:Sanada_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Sanada kamon.]]

The Sanada (真田) family was from the village of Sanada in the Chiisagata District (小県郡) in northern [[Shinano province]].  They served the [[Takeda clan]] and even captured [[Numata castle]] (沼田城) in NW [[Kozuke province]]. After the fall of the Takeda in [[1582]], they took over the Chiisagata District  and built [[Ueda castle]] (上田城), even defeating an attack by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] in [[1585]].

In [[1600]] at the time of the [[Battle of Sekigahara]], Masayuki and Nobushige (Yukimura) supported the 'western' side and were exiled, but Nobuyuki, who had supported Ieyasu, kept Ueda and Numata. In 1622 Nubuyuki was moved from Ueda to Matsushiro (松代) in Shinano.  The Matsushiro branch continued to rule there until the Restoration, but Numata was confiscated in 1681.


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*[[Sanada Yukitaka]] 幸隆  (1512-1574) <br>
Served Takeda Shingen from about [[1544]]
*[[Yasawa Yoritsuna]] 矢沢頼綱 (or Tsunayori 綱頼) (1518-1597) <br>
Brother of Yukitaka; he worked closely with his family 
*[[Sanada Nobutsuna]] 信綱 (1557-1575)<br>
Eldest son of Yukitaka; he was killed at the [[Battle of Nagashino]]
*[[Sanada Masateru]] 昌輝  (     -1575) <br>
Second son of Yukitaka; he was killed at the [[Battle of Nagashino]]
*[[Sanada Masayuki]] 昌幸 (1544-1608)<br>
Third son of Yukitaka; he built [[Ueda castle]] and fought off the Tokogawas twice, but was exiled to [[Kii province]] in 1600. 
*[[Sanada Nobumasa]]  信昌 (Nobutada信尹, Masaharu 昌春）(c. 1547-1632)<br>
Fourth son of Yukitaka; he served the Takeda then Ieyasu. He became a ''[[hatamoto]]'' in the Edo period.
*[[Sanada Takakatsu]] 高勝　(d. 1606) <br>
Fifth son of Yukitaka. 
*[[Sanada Nobuyuki]] 信之 (1566-1658)<br>
Eldest son of Masayuki; he supported Ieyasu in 1600.<br> He was moved to Matsushiro (松代) in Shinano in 1622.
*[[Sanada Komatsu]] 小松　(1573-1620)<br>
Daughter of Honda Tadakatsu, adopted daughter of Ieyasu, wife of Nobuyuki.
*Sanada Nobushige信繁 ([[Sanada Yukimura|Yukimura]])幸村 (1567-1615) <br>
Second son of Masayuki; he was exiled to Kii province with his father in 1600 and fought for [[Osaka castle|Osaka]] in the [[Siege of Osaka Castle|Osaka Campaign]] of 1614-15<br> and died in the final battle.
*[[Sanada Nobuyoshi]] 信吉(1593-1634)<br>
Elder son of Nobuyuki; he died before his father.
*[[Sanada Nobumasa]] 信政 (1597-1658)<br>
Second son of Nobuyuki; he became daimyo of Matsushiro<br> upon his father's death and gave Numata to his nephew Nobutoshi. His descendants remained at Matsushiro until the restoration.
*[[Sanada Daisuke]] 大助(  -1615)<br>
Son of Yukimura; he fought with his father in the [[Siege of Osaka Castle|Osaka Campaign]] and died there.
*[[Sanada Nobutoshi]] 信利　(1635-1688)　<br>
Son of Nobuyoshi; he became daimyo of Numata, <br>but it was confiscated in  1681.

''('''Source:''' [[Sanada Family Materials]]''
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==Sanada Clan in Popular Culture==

The Sanada family has always been popular in Japan, especially Yukimura.

From 1974-82 Ikenami Shôtarô （池波正太郎) (1923-1990) wrote a serial ''Sanada Taihei-ki''　(真田太平記) for the weekly magazine ''Shûkan Asahi''. (It was published in 16 volumes from 1974-83).  From April 1985-March 86 it was dramatized weekly on NHK. 
There is a museum for the book in Ueda. 池波正太郎 真田太平記館 (Ikenami Shôtarô Sanada Taiheiki Kan).

===References===
* http://www.city.ueda.nagano.jp/shokoka/ikenami2/top.htm (Taiheiki Kan)
* http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/真田太平記_(テレビドラマ) 真田太平記_(テレビドラマ) (Sanada Taiheiki--TV drama)
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