Takeda Katsuyori

Takeda Katsuyori (1546 - 82) is the son of Takeda Shingen and father of Takeda Nobukatsu.

Katsuyori took charge of the family after the death of his father and fought Tokugawa Ieyasu at Takatenjin in 1574 and at Nagashino in 75.

Incurred the wrath of the Hojo family by helping Uesugi Kagekatsu against Uesugi Kagetora (Hojo Ujiyasu's seventh son, adopted by and heir to Uesugi Kenshin).

He lost at Takatenjin in 1581. His forces were destroyed by the combined armies of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu at Tenmokuzan in 1582, after which Katsuyori and his son committed suicide.

The article is originally from OpenHistory.