Takeda forcesTakeda
Takeda Katsuyori
武田勝頼
“Takeda Shirō”
1546–1582 (aged 37)
- Rank / office
- Head of the Takeda
- Domain / base
- Kai and Shinano
- Banner / crest
- Takeda diamond
- Battles in 3D
- 2 battles
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
The hazy moon, faint through cloud and mist, clears and goes its way to the western mountain's edge.
Death poem
Shingen's fourth son and the last head of the Takeda. With courage inherited from his father he took Takatenjin Castle and expanded his domain for a time, but at Nagashino he suffered a crushing defeat to the Oda–Tokugawa arquebusiers and lost most of his veteran commanders. Thereafter he could not resist the Oda offensive; his retainers deserted one after another, and cornered at Tenmokuzan he took his own life with his family. The great house of Takeda was destroyed.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1573Genki 4
Succession
On the death of his father Shingen he inherited the heavy burden of the Takeda house.
- 1573
Battle of Mikatagahara
The young Shirō Katsuyori served as reserve behind his father and joined the pursuit of the broken Tokugawa army.
Mikatagahara, Tōtōmi Province 3,000 troops Watch in 3D › - 1575Tenshō 3
Crushing Defeat at Nagashino
Charged the Oda–Tokugawa gun line again and again and lost many veteran commanders.
Battle of Nagashino Commander-in-chief 3,000 troops Watch in 3D › Shingen's heir, who chose to fight a decisive battle. He kept ordering wave after wave of charges, lost most of his veteran commanders and fled north along the Hōrai-ji road. - 1582Tenshō 10
Tenmokuzan
His retainers deserted before the Oda invasion; he took his own life at Tenmokuzan and the Takeda were destroyed.
