Sanada Nobutsuna

Sanada Nobutsuna
真田信綱
Sanada Nobutsuna; 真田信綱
Head of Sanada clan
	In office; 1574–1575
Preceded by	Sanada Yukitaka
Succeeded by	Sanada Masayuki
Personal details
Born	1537
Died	June 29, 1575 (aged 37–38); Battle of Nagashino
Children	Seiin-in
Father	Sanada Yukitaka
Relatives	(brother); Sanada Masayuki (brother); Sanada Nobuyuki (nephew and son-in-law); Sanada Yukimura (nephew)
Military service
Allegiance	Takeda clan
Unit	Sanada clan
Battles/wars	Siege of Toishi; Battle of Nagashino

Sanada Nobutsuna (真田信綱, 1537 – June 29, 1575) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. He is known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen".^[1]

He was born in Matsuo castle and was the eldest son of Sanada Yukitaka, a castle lord in Shinano Province, who by the time of his son's coming-of-age, had pledged his loyalty to the Takeda. During his coming-of-age ceremony, therefore, Sanada Nobutsuna was granted the shin (信) character from Takeda Shingen's name and took the name of Nobutsuna (信綱).

Nobutsuna's first military campaign is believed to have been around the time of the Siege of Toishi.^{[attribution needed]} During the Battle of Nagashino in 1575, Nobutsuna was killed in combat.^[2]

After Nobutsuna's death his younger brother, Masayuki took the clan leadership. Nobutsuna's daughter Seiin-in was Sanada Nobuyuki (Masayuki's elder son)'s first wife. Later she was degraded as a concubine. A nephew of his, Sanada Yukimura (Nobushige) became one of the most famous samurai of this period.^{[attribution needed]}

References[]

^ Internet Movie Database (IMDb), "Shingen Takeda (Character) from Kagemusha (1980); retrieved 2013-5-17.
^ Turnbull, Stephen (1987). Battles of the Samurai. London: Arms and Armour Press. p. 91. ISBN 9780853688266.

External links[]

"Legendary Takeda's 24 Generals" at Yamanashi-kankou.jp
The Samurai Archives The Samurai Archives Japanese History Page.
Nobutsuna on "Rokumonsen" website in Japanese.

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[1] Internet Movie Database (IMDb), "Shingen Takeda (Character) from Kagemusha (1980); retrieved 2013-5-17.

[2] Turnbull, Stephen (1987). Battles of the Samurai. London: Arms and Armour Press. p. 91. ISBN 9780853688266.

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Sanada Nobutsuna 真田信綱

Head of Sanada clan
In office 1574–1575
Preceded by	Sanada Yukitaka
Succeeded by	Sanada Masayuki

Personal details
Born	1537
Died	June 29, 1575(1575-06-29) (aged 37–38) Battle of Nagashino
Children	Seiin-in
Father	Sanada Yukitaka
Relatives	(brother) Sanada Masayuki (brother) Sanada Nobuyuki (nephew and son-in-law) Sanada Yukimura (nephew)
Military service
Allegiance	Takeda clan
Unit	Sanada clan
Battles/wars	Siege of Toishi Battle of Nagashino