Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen Totally Explained

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The Twenty-Four Generals (武田二十四将) were just one of many historically famous groupings of battle commanders from Japan's Sengoku Period. These Twenty-Four were the most trusted commanders of the armies 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.

The Twenty-Five Generals

Akiyama Nobutomo - involved in invasion of Shinano Province
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
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 wasn't present at Nagashino
Naitō Masatoyo
Obata Toramori - d. 1561, is recorded as having been wounded 40 times in 30 encounters
Obata Masamori - led the largest contingent (500 cavalry in the center company) at Nagashino
Obu Toramasa
Ohama Kagetaka - Pirate General for Takeda Shingen, d. 1597
Oyamada Nobushige - fought at Kawanakajima, Mikatagahara, and Nagashino
Saigusa Moritomo - d. Nagashino 1575
Sanada Yukitaka - daimyō of Shinano Province who submitted to Shingen
Sanada Nobutsuna - d. Nagashino 1575
Tada Mitsuyori
Takeda Nobushige - younger brother to Shingen, d. fourth battle of Kawanakajima 1561
Takeda Nobukado - brother to Shingen, d. 1575
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 fourth battle of Kawanakajima, died in that battle
Yokota Takatoshi - d. Siege of Toishi 1550

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