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Takeda Shingen (武田 信玄) (1521
-
1573) of the
Shinano and
Kai provinces, was one of the preeminent
daimyos who fought for control of Japan during that country's
Sengoku or "warring states" period.
He fought a long series of famous battles with
Uesugi Kenshin; of these particularly notable battles were those of
the
Kawanakajima. Both military leaders were also of high religious rank.
At Mitaka, Takeda Shingen easily defeated the combined armies of
Oda Nobunaga and
Tokugawa Ieyasu; but he could not defeat old age. After Shingen died
in 1573 (due to an illness that resulted from a
musket ball
wound), Ieyasu seized the opportunity and defeated his son
Takeda Katsuyori in
Tenmokuzan. Katsuyori committed suicide after the battle, and the
Takeda clan would never recover.
A dramatization of his life was made into a television series by the
Japanese Broadcasting Corporation,
NHK, Nippon Housou Kyoukai. Akira Kurosawa's 1980 movie Kagemusha
was also inspired by his life.
Takeda Shingen is the player's persona in the
NES game
Shingen the Ruler.
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