Takeda clan (Kai)

The Takeda clan kamon

• Japanese: 武田氏 (Takeda-shi)

The Takeda of Kai province were founded by Takeda Yoshikiyo, a nephew of Minamoto Yoshiie, and loyally served Minamoto Yoritomo. They ruled Kai from the time of Takeda Nobuyoshi (1138-1186) until their fall at the hands of Oda Nobunaga in 1582. The Takeda had suffered a period of internal unease, first punctuated by the rebellion of Atobe Kageie in 1465. In 1472 Takeda Nobumasa defeated an army led by allied Shinano warlords and through this did much to reestablish the authority of the Takeda as rulers of Kai. In fact, the Takeda would be forced to contend with the numerous warlords of Shinano for many years. By 1519 Takeda Nobutora had quelled all resistance within Kai to the Takeda's leadership and under Takeda Shingen the family enjoyed its height, extending its control over Shinano and Suruga, as well as parts of Kôzuke, Tôtômi, and Hida Provinces. After Takeda Katsuyori suffered a crushing defeat at the Battle of Nagashino in 1575, the offensive potency of the Takeda was drastically reduced. Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, the victors at Nagashino, invaded the Takeda domain in 1582 and the Takeda were destroyed as daimyô. Certain collateral branches of the Takeda survived into the Edo Period though none enjoyed any significant power.

Takeda Clan Heads

1.Minamoto Yoshimitsu (1045-1127) 2.Minamoto Yoshikiyo (1075-1149) 3.Minamoto Kiyomitsu (1110-1168) 4.Takeda Nobuyoshi (1128-1186) 5.Takeda Nobumitsu (1162-1248) 6.Takeda Nobumasa (d.1265) 7.Takeda Nobutoki (d.1289) 8.Takeda Tokitsuna (?-?) 9.Takeda Nobumune (d.1330) 10.Takeda Nobutake (1292-1359) 11.Takeda Nobunari (d.1394) 12.Takeda Nobuharu (d.1413) 13.Takeda Nobumitsu (d.1417) 14.Takeda

Takeda Shingen's "24 Generals"

Takeda Nobushige Takeda Nobukado Ichijô Nobutatsu Takeda Katsuyori Amari Torayasu Anayama Nobukimi Baba Nobufusa Hara Toratane Hara Masatane Itagaki Nobutaka Kosaka Masanobu Naitô Masatoyo Obu Toramasa Oyamada Nobushige Saigusa Moritomo Sanada Yukitaka Sanada Nobutsuna Sanada Masayuki Sone Masayo Tada Mitsuyori Tsuchiya Masatsugu Yamagata Masakage Yamamoto Kansuke Yakota Takatoshi

Other Sengoku Period Takeda Clan members and Vassals

Takeda Nobutora Joukei-In Nene Takeda Shingen Takeda Nobuzane Takeda Yoshinobu Takeda Nobuchika Nishina Morinobu Takeda Nobutoyo Morozumi Torasada Katanuma Nobumoto Abe Katsutoshi Akazawa Tsuneyasu Amari Masatada Asahina Nobuoki Asari Nobutane Ashida Nobumori Atobe Katsusuke Hajikano Masatsugu Hara Osumi no Kami Imafuku Masakazu Kiso Yoshimasa Komiyama Tadamoto Obata Toramori Obata Masamori Obata Nobusada Oyamada Masatatsu Oyamada Masayuki Shimojo Nobuuji Urano Shigenari

References

• Rekishi Gunzô. Shirizu #5: Takeda Shingen. Japan: Gakken, 1999
• Rekishi Gunzô. Shirizu #6: FuuRinKaZan. Japan: Gakken, 1999