− | Nobutomo held [[Takato castle]] in [[Shinano province]] for many years. He captured Iwamura for [[Takeda Shingen|Shingen]] in [[1572]], taking the castle after its castellan, [[Toyama Kageto|Tôyama Kagetô]], died of illness. He resisted the [[Oda clan|Oda's]] attempts at recapturing Iwamura until 1575, when, following the [[Takeda clan|Takeda]] defeat at [[Battle of Nagashino|Nagashino]], [[Oda Nobutada]] arrived with a large army and surrounded the fort. Nobutada withdrew after a brief siege, but returned later that year and finally brought Iwamura down. Nobutomo was executed and his holdings in Shinano passed to his eldest son Katsuhisa (d. [[1582]]) | + | Nobutomo held [[Takato castle]] in [[Shinano province]] for many years. He captured Iwamura for [[Takeda Shingen|Shingen]] in [[1572]], taking the castle after its castellan, [[Toyama Kageto|Tôyama Kagetô]], died of illness. He resisted the [[Oda clan|Oda's]] attempts at recapturing Iwamura until 1575, when, following the [[Takeda clan|Takeda]] defeat at [[Battle of Nagashino|Nagashino]], [[Oda Nobutada]] arrived with a large army and surrounded the fort. Nobutada withdrew after a brief siege, but returned later that year and finally brought Iwamura down ''(see the [[Siege of Iwamura]])''. Nobutomo was executed and his holdings in Shinano passed to his eldest son [[Akiyama Katsuhisa]] (d. [[1582]]) |