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Takeda Katsuyori (1546
-
82) is the son of
Takeda Shingen and father of
Takeda Nobukatsu.
Katsuyori took charge of the family after the death of his father and
fought
Tokugawa Ieyasu at
Takatenjin in
1574 and at
Nagashino in
75.
Incurred the wrath of the
Hojo family by helping
Uesugi Kagekatsu against
Uesugi Kagetora (Hojo
Ujiyasu's seventh son, adopted by and heir to
Uesugi Kenshin).
He lost at Takatenjin in
1581. His forces were destroyed by the combined armies of
Oda Nobunaga and
Tokugawa Ieyasu at
Tenmokuzan in
1582, after which Katsuyori and his son committed suicide.
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