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* ''Birth: [[1531]]''
* ''Death: [[1581]]''
* ''Distinction: [[Takeda clan (Kai)|Takeda]] retainer''
Tsuruhisa was at first a minor [[Shinano province|Shinano]] warlord who held a domain in the area of the [[Zenko-ji|Zenkôji]] in northern Shinano. Initially aligned with [[Uesugi Kenshin]] of [[Echigo province]], he sided with [[Takeda Shingen]] in [[1555]] and was attacked by Kenshin as a result. He was later moved from Zenkôji to [[Kofu]] in [[Kai province]], but in [[1570]] was restablished in Shinano. Nine years later he was assigned to [[Takatenjin castle|Takatenjin Castle]] in [[Totomi province|Tôtômi]] and was killed when the castle fell to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] in 1581.
==References==
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