Key facts
- Preceded by
- Takeda Nobutora
- Succeeded by
- Takeda Katsuyori
- Born
- Katsuchiyo , December 1, 1521, Kai Province , Japan
- Died
- May 13, 1573 (1573-05-13) (aged 51), Mikawa Province , Japan
- Spouse
- Lady Sanjō
- Domestic partner
- Suwa Goryōnin (concubine)
- Children
- Takeda Yoshinobu , Takeda Nobuchika , Takeda Katsuyori , Nishina Morinobu , Matsuhime
- Parents
- Takeda Nobutora (father) Ōi no Kata (mother)
- Relatives
- Takeda Nobushige (brother), Takeda Nobukado (brother), Takeda Nobuzane (brother), Ichijō Nobutatsu (brother), Imagawa Yoshimoto (brother-in-law), Anayama Nobutomo (brother-in-law)
- Nickname s
- "Tiger of Kai", "Tendai no Zasu Shamon Shingen"
- Allegiance
- Takeda clan
- Rank
- Lord ( Daimyo )
- Unit
- Takeda clan
- Commands
- Tsutsujigasaki Castle
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Father
- Takeda Nobutora
- Occupation
- samurai
- Position held
- shugo
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Family
- Takeda clan
- Noble title
- daimyo
- Image
- Takeda Shingen.jpg
- Flag
- Fūrinkazan
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- Commons category
- Takeda Shingen
- date of birth
- 1521-12-01
- date of death
- 1573-05-13
- topic's main category
- Category:Takeda Shingen
- name in kana
- たけだ しんげん
- cause of death
- liver cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- 武田信玄
- allegiance
- Takeda clan
- place of burial
- Kofu
- religious name
- 徳栄軒信玄
- birth name
- 武田太郎
- Commons Creator page
- Takeda Shingen
- pseudonym
- 武田 晴信
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Encyclopedic overview
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Takeda Shingen (武田 信玄; December 1, 1521 – May 13, 1573) was a Japanese samurai and daimyō of the Sengoku period. Known as the "Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyō of the late Sengoku period and was credited with exceptional military prestige. Despite being based in Kai Province, a poor area with little arable land and no access to the sea, he became one of Japan's leading daimyō. His skills are highly esteemed and on par with Mōri Motonari.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Takeda Shingen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.