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Sanada Masayuki

真田昌幸

“The Master of Double-Dealing”

1547–1611 (aged 65)

Rank / office
Governor of Awa
Domain / base
Ueda, Shinano
Banner / crest
Six coins
Battles in 3D
2 battles

Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

From the Mutō family in Takeda Shingen's service he inherited the Sanada house, and after the fall of the Takeda he manoeuvred skilfully among the Oda, Uesugi, Hōjō and Tokugawa to establish himself independently at Ueda in Shinano. In the first battle of Ueda in Tenshō 13 he repelled a great Tokugawa army with a small force and made his name. At Sekigahara he split the family, sending his eldest son Nobuyuki to the Eastern Army while he and his second son Nobushige joined the West, so that the Sanada name would survive. In the second battle of Ueda he ran rings around Tokugawa Hidetada's 38,000 at Ueda Castle and made them late for the main battle. Exiled afterwards to Kudoyama, his cunning was feared all his life as that of "a master of double-dealing."

Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D

  1. 1585Tenshō 13

    First Battle of Ueda

    Repelled a great Tokugawa army with a small force and made the Sanada name famous throughout the land.

    First Battle of Ueda Commander-in-chief 1,200 troops Watch in 3D › Lord of Ueda Castle. He refused to hand over Numata, broke with the Tokugawa, and with some 2,000 men lured 7,000 Tokugawa troops into the castle town and broke them. A master of stratagem, later called "a master of double-dealing."
  2. 1600Keichō 5

    The Parting at Inubushi

    Split the family between east and west; he and Nobushige joined the Western Army.

  3. 1600Keichō 5

    Second Battle of Ueda

    Ran rings around Tokugawa Hidetada's 38,000 at Ueda Castle and made them late for Sekigahara.

    Second Battle of Ueda Commander-in-chief 2,000 troops Watch in 3D › The cunning commander whom Nobunaga and Hideyoshi called "a master of double-dealing." With a feigned surrender and the taunt of the rice harvest he lured Hidetada in and ran rings around 38,000 with barely 2,000.
  4. 1611Keichō 16

    Death at Kudoyama

    Died of illness still in confinement. He never rose again.

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