Takeda Shingen (武田 信玄, December 1, 1521 – May 13, 1573) was daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known as the "Tiger of Kai", he...

the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen. He was son in law of Hojo Ujiyasu. He was the son of Shingen by the daughter of Suwa Yorishige (posthumous...

its greatest influence under the rule of Takeda Shingen, one of the most famous rulers of the period. The Takeda are descendants of the Emperor Seiwa (858–876)...

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. When Takeda Katsuyori...

period. He was the father of the famous Takeda Shingen. Nobutora’s son was Harunobu, later known as Takeda Shingen, along with two other sons, Nobushige...

Shingen mochi, like abekawa mochi, is a rice cake (mochi) covered with kinako (roasted soybean flour) and brown sugar syrup. It is named after Takeda...

Sengoku period of Japan between Takeda Shingen of Kai Province and Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo Province from 1553 to 1564. Shingen and Kenshin contested each...

lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate the dying daimyō Takeda Shingen to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable clan...

Sengoku period of Japan between Takeda Shingen and Tokugawa Ieyasu in Mikatagahara, Tōtōmi Province on 25 January 1573. Shingen attacked Ieyasu at the plain...

Takeda Nobushige (武田 信繁, 1525 – October 18, 1561) was a samurai of Japan's Sengoku period, and younger brother of Takeda Shingen. He was known as one of...