Takeda clan (Kazusa)

• Japanese: 武田氏 (Takeda-shi)

The Takeda of Kazusa province were descended from the Takeda of Kai and established by Takeda Nobunaga, a son of Takeda Nobumitsu (d.1412). During the Sengoku Period they clashed with the Satomi and the Hôjô and were eventually destroyed by the former.

References

• Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005