Takeda Katsuyori

• Period: Muromachi Period / Azuchi-Momoyama
• Occupation: daimyo
• Family: Takeda Shingen (father)
• Birth: 1546AD
• Death: 1582AD

Takeda Katsuyori

Takeda Katsuyori (武田 勝頼), also known as Takeda Shirō, was a daimyo and member of the Kai branch of the Takeda Clan.¹² As daimyo he ruled over the Kai, Shinano, Suruga and Kōzuke Provinces, and he was descended from a long line of shugo of Kai Priovince since the Kamakura Period.¹

After the death of his father Shingen he tried to continue his work to expand their territory¹, however, he was not an effective or popular administrator.²

Invading the Province of Mikawa he went against Tokugawa Ieyasu,² however here he was routed by Ieyasu and Nobunaga at the Battle of Nagashino in 1581.¹²

His allies turned to side with Nobunaga in 1582 who then launched an attack into Takeda territory causing him to flee and eventually he committed suicide² April 3rd 1582.¹

His death marked the end of the Takeda Clan.¹

Footnotes

1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
2. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.

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