Toyotomi forcesSanada
Sanada Nobushige (Yukimura)
真田信繁(幸村)
“The Finest Warrior in Japan”
1567–1615 (aged 49)
- Rank / office
- Saemon-no-suke
- Domain / base
- Ueda, Shinano → Kudoyama
- Banner / crest
- Six coins
- Battles in 3D
- 2 battles
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
A million men from the Kantō, and not one of them a man.
Attributed, Siege of Osaka
Second son of Sanada Masayuki. At the time of Sekigahara he sided with the Western Army alongside his father and held up Tokugawa Hidetada's great army at Ueda Castle. Afterwards he spent fourteen years confined at Kudoyama at the foot of Mount Kōya, but rallied to the Toyotomi for the Siege of Osaka. He ran rings around the Tokugawa from the Sanada Maru outwork, and in the Summer Campaign charged Ieyasu's headquarters three times, coming within a hair of success before dying as the last flower of the Sengoku age.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1600Keichō 5
The Defence of Ueda
Held Ueda Castle with his father Masayuki and kept Tokugawa Hidetada's great army from reaching Sekigahara in time.
- 1600Keichō 5
Confinement at Kudoyama
After the Western Army's defeat he spent fourteen years in confinement.
- 1614Keichō 19
The Sanada Maru
Built an outwork at the Winter Siege of Osaka and inflicted heavy losses on the great Tokugawa army.
- 1614
Winter Siege of Osaka
He built the Sanada-maru outwork south of the outer moat and, with his red-clad musketeers, beat off the assaults of Maeda, Ii and Matsudaira. No man hurt the Tokugawa more in the winter siege.
Osaka, Settsu Province 5,000 troops Watch in 3D › - 1615Keichō 20
Charging Ieyasu's Headquarters
In the Summer Campaign he broke into Ieyasu's headquarters three times and toppled the commander's standard before his strength gave out.
- 1615
Siege of Osaka (Summer Campaign)
The 3,500 red-armoured troops of Mount Chausu. He toppled the commander's standard in three charges on Ieyasu's headquarters and was hailed as "the finest warrior in Japan."
Tennōji–Okayama, Settsu Province Commander-in-chief 3,500 troops Watch in 3D ›
