Takeda Katsuyori was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period, who was famed as the head of the Takeda clan and the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen.
12 Facts About Takeda Katsuyori
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Takeda Katsuyori was the son of Shingen by the daughter of Suwa Yorishige.
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Takeda Katsuyori built Shinpu Castle, a new and larger castle at Nirasaki and transferred his residence there in 1581.
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In 1569, Takeda Katsuyori defeated Hojo Ujinobu at Siege of Kanbara.
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In 1572, Takeda Katsuyori successfully took a Tokugawa clan possession in the Siege of Futamata, and participated in the Battle of Mikatagahara against the Oda-Tokugawa alliance.
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In 1578, Takeda Katsuyori incurred the wrath of the Hojo family by helping Uesugi Kagekatsu against Uesugi Kagetora who was Hojo Ujiyasu's seventh son, adopted by and heir to Uesugi Kenshin, that initiated the Battle of Omosu in 1580 against Hojo Ujimasa.
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In 1581, Takeda Katsuyori lost Takatenjin fortress by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the siege ended with the deaths of 680 men of Okabe Motonobu garrison.
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Takeda Katsuyori married Toyoma Fujin, the adopted daughter of Oda Nobunaga.
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Takeda Katsuyori died while giving birth to their son Nobukatsu in 1567.
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In 1582, when Masako was 19, Takeda Katsuyori was defeated by Oda Nobunaga and they had to flee.
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However, Takeda Katsuyori was resigned to die and urged her to leave him.
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Takeda Katsuyori refused and killed herself, along with Katsuyori in the Battle of Tenmokuzan.