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* ''Birth: [[1527]]''
* ''Death: [[1576]]''
* ''Titles: Kii no kami, Harima no kami, Owari no kami''
* ''Distinction: Kawachi warlord''


Takamasa was a son of [[Hatakeyama Masakuni|Hatakeyama Harima no kami Masakuni]] (whose other sons included [[Hatakeyama Masayori|Masayori]] and [[Hatakeyama Akitaka|Akitaka]]) and resided at [[Takaya castle]] in [[Kawachi province]]. He clashed with the [[Miyoshi clan]] between [[1559]] and [[1560]] and in [[1568]] was established in Takaya Castle by [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]]. Takamasa lost Takaya to a rebellious retainer named [[Yuza Nobunori]] in [[1573]] and while the castle was subsequently retaken by [[Oda Nobunaga]], Takamasa was not reinstated.

==References==
* Initial text from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005

[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]