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The Twenty-Four Generals (武田二十四将, Takeda Nijūshi-shō) were just one of many historically famous groupings of battle commanders from Japan's Sengoku Period. These Twenty-Four were the most trusted companions of Takeda Shingen. A third of them died at the famous Battle of Nagashino in 1575 when they led the Takeda forces against Oda Nobunaga. When Takeda Katsuyori committed suicide in 1582, declaring the end of the Takeda clan, only three of them were still serving under the Takeda.




List


In artwork and other historical sources, there is some variation in the list of names. The specific generals are as follows, according to alphabetic order:

Akiyama Nobutomo – Takeda's second in command; granted more autonomy. d. 1575, following second siege of Iwamura Castle
Amari Torayasu – d. Battle of Uedahara 1548
Anayama Nobukimi – following Mikatagahara and Nagashino, allied with Tokugawa Ieyasu and aided in defeat of Takeda Katsuyori
Baba Nobuharu – fought at Mikatagahara and commanded vanguard of the right wing of Takeda army at Nagashino, where he died.
Hara Masatane – d. Battle of Nagashino 1575
Hara Toratane – d. 1564
Ichijō Nobutatsu – younger brother to Shingen, fought at Nagashino
Itagaki Nobukata – d. Battle of Uedahara 1548
Kōsaka Danjō Masanobu - played a major role in the fourth battle of Kawanakajima, but was not present at Nagashino
Naitō Masatoyo d. Nagashino 1575
Obata Masamori – led the largest contingent (500 cavalry in the center company) at Nagashino
Obata Toramori – d. 1561, is recorded as having been wounded 40 times in 30 encounters
Obu Toramasa d. 1565
Oyamada Nobushige – fought at Kawanakajima, Mikatagahara, and Nagashino
Saigusa Moritomo – d. Nagashino 1575
Sanada Nobutsuna – d. Nagashino 1575
Sanada Yukitaka – a castle lord in Shinano Province who submitted to Shingen
Tada Mitsuyori d. 1563
Takeda Nobukado – brother to Shingen, d. 1575
Takeda Nobushige – younger brother to Shingen, d. fourth battle of Kawanakajima 1561
Tsuchiya Masatsugu – fought at Mikatagahara, d. Nagashino 1575; his sons followed Takeda Katsuyori until his death at Temmokuzan in 1582
Yamagata Masakage – fought at Mikatagahara and Yoshida, d. Nagashino 1575
Yamamoto Kansuke - strategist of the fourth battle of Kawanakajima in 1561, died in that battle
Yokota Takatoshi – d. Siege of Toishi 1550




Gallery



Painted by Matsumoto Fūko (1840 - 1923)




























































In popular culture


During the Edo period, the twenty-four samurai leaders were a popular topic for ukiyo-e and bunraku.
In the computer game Shogun: Total War, there are 25 Takeda generals.




See also


Seven Spears of Shizugatake




References






Further reading


Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.




External links


British Museum, No. 3 Yamamoto Kansuke Nyudo Dokisai Haruyuki 山本勘助入道道鬼蔡晴幸 / Koetsu yusho den Takeda-ke nijushi-sho 甲越勇將傳武田家廾四將 (Biographies of Heroic Generals of Kai and Echigo Provinces, Twenty-four Generals of the Takeda Clan)
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Portraits of the Twenty-four Generals of Kai Province (Kôshû nijûshi shô no shôzô)「甲州二十四将之肖像」

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