Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Shingen Takeda
1521
Shingen Takeda was born as worth country protection, heir of the Takedas in Kaigenji.
1533 (in the days of 13 years old)
Shingen married a daughter of Oogigayatsu Uesugi present head of a household, Tomooki Uesugi.
1534
A honest woman of Shingen, a daughter of Tomooki Uesugi died because of a difficult delivery.
1536
The Takedas was allied with the Imagawa family of the Suruga country.
Shingen was married Lady Sanjō.
1537
Shingen went to the Shinano country Saku county for a first campaign according to father (Nobutora Takeda).
Shingen perform an Uminokuchi Castle attack of the Shinano country Saku county alone and win on this occasion.
1538
Eldest son, Taro were born. (Yoshinobu Takeda)
1541 (in the days of 21 years old)
Shingen expelled Nobutora Takeda who was famous father by misgovernment with Nobukata Itagaki and others in the Suruga country and became the present head of a household for 17 generations of the Takedas.
1542
Shingen made a daughter of Yorishige Suwa a concubine.
1553
War of the first Kawanakajima.
1554
Yoshimoto arranged a marriage between his legitimate son Ujizane and the daughter of Ujiyasu HOJO (Hayakawadono), tying his family to the Takeda clan as well as the Hojo clan, and formed the Ko So Sun Sangoku Domei (alliance between three provinces; Kai, Sagami and Suruga) (this negotiation is also called the 'Tripartite alliance of Yoshimoto IMAGAWA, Ujiyasu HOJO and Shingen TAKEDA').
1555
A war of the second Kawanakajima.
1557
A war of the third Kawanakajima.
He became a priest (39 years old) in 1559 and gave Shingen.
1560
When Oda Nobunaga fells Imagawa Yoshimoto in the competition in Okehazama, Shingen has begun to break Dreibund and invade to Suruga country Imagawa family.
1561
For the preparation to Echigo country Kagetora Nagao (Kenshin Uesugi), Shingen constructed a castle in Kaizu Castle (Matsushiro Castle) in Hanishina-gun.
By a war of the fourth Kawanakajima, Nobushige Takeda who served adjutant general in younger brothers was killed in action.
And Morozumi Masakiyo and Kansuke Yamamoto and others have been killed in a battle, too.
1564
A war of the fifth Kawanakajima.
1568
Shingen subjugated the Suruga country which invaded and attacked by combination operation with Ieyasu Tokugawa in the Suruga country at one time. Shingen crashed into Hojo who is a kinsman of Imagawa afterwards in the Suruga country.
1569
Because Ieyasu Tokugawa was allied with Ujiyasu Hojou, Shingen left Baisetsu Anayama for Yokoyama castle and retired from a soldier.
Because Ujiyasu Hojou was allied with Kenshin Uesugi, it is invaded and attacked via Ueno country to Musashi country, the Sagami country.
Shingen raided Odawara-jo Castle, but it solved a siege in four days without falling and left for the Kai country.
Shingen won in the Hojo military which he attacked from the Musashi country by way home, a war of the Mimase Pass of the Sagami country.
It was a chance to withdraw Hojo from the Suruga country.
1570
Shingen annexed the Suruga country which withdrew of Hojo.
He ruled over Ueno country, Totoumi country, Mikawa country, Mino country, a part of the Hida country other than worth country, Shinano country, Suruga country by these days.
1572
Shingen who worried for rise of Nobunaga Oda started a visit to the capital war in response to an appeal of Yoshiaki Ashikaga by 30,000 big armies.
He defeated Ieyasu Tokugawa by a war of Mikatagahara and went to the west.
1573
A chronic disease turned worse (there was a divergent view that it was shot with a gun), and Shingen stopped a march.
Shingen died a regretful death in Komaba of Shinano country Ina on the way to a Kai country.
★ornament armor stilt-Takeda Shingen Park model★
★Art imitation Japanese sword Katana [Takeda shingen Tachi koshirae]★