Takeda Nobutora

• Period: Muromachi Period/Azuchi-Momoyama Period
• Occupation: shugo
• Family: Takeda Shingen (son)
• Birth: 1498AD
• Death: 1574AD

Takeda Nobutora

Takeda Nobutora (武田 信虎) was from the Kai branch of the Takeda Family living from 1498-1574.¹ His son Takeda Shingen displaced him in 1541.¹²

He was from long line of shugo of Kai Province since Kamakura times¹ and his family position here was secured by him as he established his family as a Sengoku Daimyō House.²

References

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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