Takeda forcesYamagata
Yamagata Masakage
山県昌景
“The Takeda Red Devils”
1529–1575 (aged 47)
- Rank / office
- One of the Takeda Four Guardians
- Domain / base
- Kai
- Banner / crest
- Red armour
- Battles in 3D
- 2 battles
Later imagined depiction · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Once the red devils charge, they know no retreat.
Attributed to Yamagata Masakage
One of the Takeda Four Guardians. He inherited the lands of his brother Obu Toramasa and led the "red devils," troops equipped in vermilion armour, across the battlefields. Small of stature but peerlessly brave, he smashed the Tokugawa crane's wing at Mikatagahara. At Nagashino he charged the Oda–Tokugawa lines again and again until he was shot down. The fame of his red armour later passed to the Ii house.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1565Eiroku 8
Succession to the Yamagata
After the death of his brother Toramasa he inherited the red-armoured troops and the family name.
- 1573Genki 3
Mikatagahara
Drove his red-armoured troops into the Tokugawa main body and put Ieyasu in mortal danger.
Battle of Mikatagahara 3,000 troops Watch in 3D › Led the red-armoured troops and smashed the left of the crane's wing. Three years before his death at Nagashino, here he is at the height of his powers. - 1575Tenshō 3
Death at Nagashino
Charged the Tokugawa lines at Shitaragahara again and again, and was shot and killed.
Battle of Nagashino 1,500 troops Watch in 3D › Fierce commander and one of the Takeda's Four Guardians. Led the red-armoured troops in the vanguard on the left wing and was shot down in front of the palisade.
