Sanada Yukitaka
Sanada Yukitaka 真田 幸隆 | |
|---|---|
 Sanada Yukitaka | |
| Head of Sanada clan | |
| In office ?–1574 | |
| Succeeded by | Sanada Nobutsuna |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1512 |
| Died | June 8, 1574 (aged 61–62) |
| Spouse(s) | Kyō'un-in |
| Children | Sanada Nobutsuna Sanada Masayuki |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Takeda clan |
| Unit |  Sanada clan |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Odaihara Siege of Toishi Battles of Kawanakajima Battle of Mikatagahara |
Sanada Yukitaka (真田 幸隆, c. 1512 – June 8, 1574) was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He is known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen".[1]
Yukitaka was one of three "Danjo" generals to be named Danjōchū (Danjō stands for a formal title, Danjōchū; 弾正忠) by Shingen, along with Kōsaka Masanobu and Hoshina Masatoshi. Under Takeda Shingen, Sanada Yukitaka participated in the Battle of Odaihara in 1546 [2] and the sieges of Toishi in 1550 and 1551,[3]
He was the father of Sanada Nobutsuna and Sanada Masayuki and grandfather of the legendary samurai warrior Sanada Yukimura of whom Toyotomi Hideyoshi once said "A hero appears once every hundred years".
References[]
- ^ Internet Movie Database (IMDb), "Shingen Takeda (Character) from Kagemusha (1980); retrieved 2013-5-17.
- ^ [1] – Sanada Clan Timeline
- ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 212. ISBN 1854095234.
Further reading[]
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.
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