was a retainer in the service of the Takeda family who served under Takeda Shingen and Takeda Katsuyori. Nobutomo was born in a respected family and went into the service for Shingen. On 1547 in the campaign for Ina district, he fought with excellence and was given the northern half of Ina, present day Kamiina District. He continued his service mostly given the defensive role of holding such castles as Takato Castle and Iida Castle. Having the nickname of Takeda no Mogyu, lit. raging bull of Takeda clan, he had also served as a diplomat on 1568 to serve as the deputy for Shingen at the marriage of Oda Nobunaga's eldest son Oda Nobutada with a daughter of Shingen at Gifu Castle. After tasked with holding Iida Castle, Nobutomo was also tasked with a campaign for Mino province. In 1573, he successfully captured Iwamura Castle under a treaty when Toyama Kageto who defended the castle died of sudden illness. The morale of defenders of Iwamura collapsed and Lady Toyama (the wife of Kageto) who happened to be aunt of Nobunaga chose to be wed to Nobutomo to be protected. Nobutomo sent back adopted son of Kageto, Gobomaru who would later become Oda Katsunaga to Kai province. He then based his power on this castle to defend the frontline against Mino province. After Shingen's death, Nobutomo continued to support Katsuyori and his campaigns, but in 1575 after Katsuyori lost at battle of Nagashino, Nobutomo and Iwamura Castle were left without support. Under a repeated siege by Oda Nobutada, Nobutomo managed to hold the castle until November when Nobunaga swept back with the main army. Nobutomo signed a truce to surrender the castle after realizing that he had no chance but Nobunaga broke the truce and ordered all troops under Nobutomo as well as his wife, Nobunaga's aunt, be killed. Nobutomo and his wife were taken to Nagara River where they were hanged on a cross. A historically accurate account of Nobutomo's life, from the viewpoint of one of his servants, can be found in Erik Christian Haugaard's The Samurai's Tale. (more)
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Iwamura Castle:
Iwamura Castle was located in the southeastern area of Mino Province in Japan. Its ruins can be found in the modern-day town of Iwamura in Ena District, Gifu Prefecture.
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Oda Nobunaga:
Oda Nobunaga (June 23, 1534-June 21, 1582) was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo (military governor) with land holdings in Owari province. Oda Nobunaga. Samurai Wiki.
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Takeda clan:
The Takeda was a famous clan of daimyō (feudal lords) in Japan's late Heian Period to Sengoku period. The Takeda were descendants of Emperor Seiwa (850-880) and are a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji), by Minamoto no Yoshimitsu (1056-1127), b
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Mino Province:
Mino Province, one of the old provinces of Japan, was composed of nearly the entire southern part of modern-day Gifu Prefecture. Mino Province bordered Echizen, Hida, Ise, Mikawa, Ōmi, Owari, and Shinano provinces. Although the ancient provincial cap
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Kai Province:
Kai Province is an old province in Japan that corresponds to Yamanashi Prefecture today. It lies in central Honshū, west of Tokyo, in a landlocked mountainous region that includes Mount Fuji along its border with Shizuoka Prefecture. Another name for
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Battle of Nagashino:
The Battle of Nagashino took place in 1575 at Nagashino Castle in the Mikawa province of Japan. The castle had been under siege by Takeda Katsuyori since the 17th of June; Okudaira Sadamasa, a Tokugawa vassal, commanded the defending force. The castl
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Takeda Katsuyori:
was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku Period, who was famed as the head of the Takeda clan and the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen. He was the son of Shingen by the , the daughter of Suwa Yorishige. Katsuyori's children included Tak
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Nagara River:
The Nagara River has its source in the city of Gujō, Gifu Prefecture, and its mouth in the city of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Along with the Kiso River and Ibi River, the Nagara River is one of the Kiso Three Rivers of the Nōbi Plain. Previously,
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Gifu Castle:
Gifu Castle is a castle located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Along with Mount Kinka and the Nagara River, it is one of the main symbols of the city.
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Oda Nobutada:
Oda Nobutada was the eldest son of Oda Nobunaga, and a samurai who fought in many battles during the Sengoku period. He commanded armies under his father in battles against Matsunaga Hisahide and against the Takeda clan. In 1582, his father was force
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