Takeda Katsuyori

Takeda Katsuyori (Japanese武田 胜 頼; * 1546, † April 3, 1582 ) was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period, the Shingen took the lead over the Takeda clan after the death of his illustrious father and set their generals Takeda. However, he was tactically not as skilled as his father and led the Takeda to their heaviest defeat, which brought their significant role in Japanese history to an abrupt end.

Family

• Son: Takeda Nobukatsu.
• Father: Takeda Shingen
• Mother: Sanjō no kata
• Brothers: Takeda Yoshinobu, ( 1538-19. November 1567 )
• Takeda Nobuchika, (1541-1582), ( born blind, seppuku at invasion of Ieyasu and Oda 1582, his son Takeda Nobumitsu but was protected by Ieyasu ).
• Takeda Harukiyo, ( adopted, another name Nishina Morinobu, 157? -1582 )

Historical role

He is one of the most tragic figures of Japanese history, because he had to witness the downfall despite the outstanding importance of his clan in his youth and all of his efforts.

Katsuyori born when Suwa Shiro (诹 访 四郎), later Suwa Katsuyori, defeated his mother's Suwa clan and appointed Takato castle to his seat of power. After his elder brother Takeda Yoshinobu died, Katsuyoris Nobukatsu son became the leader of the Takeda clan, which Katsuyori could take over the actual control. After the death of his father Shingen, he took the family and fought with Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Takatenjin in 1574 and in the Nagashino in 1575 he took the castle Takatenjin a thing previously not even his father had been able. ; what he secured the support of the Takeda clan, but he suffered a terrible defeat in Nagashino what was owed ​​to one of the first recorded missions of firing bursts of enemy infantry. Oda Nobunaga had approximately 3,000 arquebuses and ordered his infantry to hide behind palisades and fire in rows one after another. This enabled him to defeat the superior cavalry of the Takeda and kill a third of all 24 Takeda generals, which was an irreparable loss for this. Thus, the last clan of the unification of Japan could oppose something was defeated.