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Takanobu was the son of [[Matsuura Hisanobu]] and ruled [[Hirado]]. Reputedly affiliated with the [[wako]] (Japanese pirates), he clashed with his neighbors the [[So clan|Sô ]](of [[Tsushima Island]]) and the [[Omura clan|Ômura]] (of the [[Sonogi]] area of Hizen) as he expanded [[Matsuura clan|Matsuura]] power. By the end of the 1560's had consolidated his hold over the Matsuura district, aided by a small but important influx of income brought about by trade with the [[Portuguese]]. He was exceedingly opposed to the introduction of [[Christianity]], though he at first tolerated it in view of the profits brought by the foreign trading ships. Tension built within the Matsuura domain, however, and in [[1561]] a dozen Portuguese traders were killed in a dispute over the cost of cloth. Though he relented in his anti-foreign stance to an extent after [[1564]], in [[1565]] Takanobu ordered his own ships to attack the Westerners' 'Great Ship' after it had anchored in the Ômura domain (eschewing the Matsuura domain). The assault failed after another Portuguese vessel came to the Ship's aid. He retired in [[1568]] in favor of his son [[Matsuura Shigenobu]].

Takanobu was the son of [[Matsuura Okinobu]] and ruled [[Hirado]]. Reputedly affiliated with the [[wako]] (Japanese pirates), he clashed with his neighbors the [[So clan|Sô ]](of [[Tsushima Island]]) and the [[Omura clan|Ômura]] (of the [[Sonogi]] area of Hizen) as he expanded [[Matsuura clan|Matsuura]] power. By the end of the 1560's had consolidated his hold over the Matsuura district, aided by a small but important influx of income brought about by trade with the [[Portuguese]]. He was exceedingly opposed to the introduction of [[Christianity]], though he at first tolerated it in view of the profits brought by the foreign trading ships. Tension built within the Matsuura domain, however, and in [[1561]] a dozen Portuguese traders were killed in a dispute over the cost of cloth. Though he relented in his anti-foreign stance to an extent after [[1564]], in [[1565]] Takanobu ordered his own ships to attack the Westerners' 'Great Ship' after it had anchored in the Ômura domain (eschewing the Matsuura domain). The assault failed after another Portuguese vessel came to the Ship's aid. He retired in [[1568]] in favor of his son [[Matsuura Shigenobu]].

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