AKIYAMA NOBUTOMO

          Akiyama Nobutomo , 1531 - December 23, 1575 was a samurai during the Age of Warring States in Japan. He was a retainer in the service of the Takeda family who served as one of the Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen. Nobutomo also served under Shingen's son, Takeda Katsuyori.


EARLY CAREER


     In 1531, Akiyama Nobutomo was born at Tsutsujigasaki Hall in Kai province. His father was Akiyama Nobutou, a m

TAKEDA SHINGEN

    Takeda Shingen, ( December 1, 1521 – May 13, 1573), of Kai Province, was a preeminent daimyo in feudal Japan with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period.


NAME


     Shingen was called "Tarō" (a commonly used pet name for the eldest son of a Japanese family) or "Ka

SANADA MASAYUKI

    Sanada Masayuki, 1544 (1547) – July 13, 1611) was a Japanese Sengoku period daimyo. He was the third son of Sanada Yukitaka, a vassal daimyo to the Takeda family in Shinano province. He is known as a master strategist. Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Yukimura were his sons.


BIOGRAPHY


        Initially, Masayuki changed his name to Mutō Kihei to inherit the Mutō clan, a branch of the Takeda fam

MōRI TERUMOTO

 Mōri Terumoto ,January 22, 1553 – April 27, 1625, son of Mōri Takamoto and grandson and successor of the great warlord Mōri Motonari, fought against Toyotomi Hideyoshi but was eventually overcome, participated in the Kyūshū campaign (1587) on Hideyoshi's side and built Hiroshima Castle, thus essentially founding Hiroshima.

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ODA NOBUNAGA

   Oda Nobunaga,June 23, 1534 – June 21, 1582) was the initiator of the unification of Japan under the rule of the shogun in the late 16th century, a ruling that ended only with the opening of Japan to the Western world in 1868. He was also a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. His opus was continued, completed and finalized by his successorsToyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo (military governor) with land holdings in Owari Province.Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest, eventually conquering a third of Japanese daimyo before his death in 1582. His suc