Takeda Nobukado
Takeda Nobukado (武田 信廉, 1529–1582) was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen".[1]
Portrait of Takeda Nobukado
Early life
Nobukado was a brother of Takeda Shingen.
Family
- Father: Takeda Nobutora (1493-1574)
- Brothers:
- Takematsu (1517-1523)
- Takeda Shingen (1521-1573)
- Inuchiyo (1523-1529)
- Takeda Nobushige (1525-1561)
- Takeda Nobumoto
- Matsuo Nobukore (ca. 1530s-1571)
- Takeda Souchi
- Takeda Nobuzane (ca. 1530s-1575)
- Ichijō Nobutatsu (ca. 1539-1582)
- Sisters:
- Joukei-in (1519-1550), married Imagawa Yoshimoto
- Nanshou-in (born 1520) married Anayama Nobutomo
- Nene (1528-1543) married Suwa Yorishige
Warrior
Nobukado commanded the Takeda central company in the Battle of Nagashino, as an adviser under Katsuyori.
Nobukado attempted to flee when in 1582 Nobunaga invaded the Takeda lands, but he ended up being captured and beheaded, along with many other Takeda retainers.
In popular culture
Nobukado is one of the main characters in Akira Kurosawa's epic film Kagemusha.[2]
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References
- Internet Movie Database (IMDb), "Shingen Takeda (Character) from Kagemusha (1980); retrieved 2013-5-17.
- IMDb, "Nobukado Takeda (Character) from Kagemusha (1980); retrieved 2013-5-17.
Further reading
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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