, he was a military monk and descendant of the
Takeda clan of Aki province. He served
Mōri clan
The Mōri clan (毛利氏 ''Mōri-shi'') was a Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto. Ōe no Hiromoto was descended from the Fujiwara clan. The family's most illustrious member, Mōri Motonari, greatly expanded the clan's power ...
and later
Toyotomi clan
The was a Japanese clan that ruled over the Japanese before the Edo period.
Unity and conflict
The most influential figure within the Toyotomi was Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of the three "unifiers of Japan". Oda Nobunaga was another primary un ...
.
Biography
Although it is certain that he was from the Aki Takeda clan, there are various theories about his birth year and father, and the former is said to have been in 1537 or 1539.
There are two theories about the father: one says that
Takeda Nobushige
was a samurai of Japan's Sengoku period, and younger brother of Takeda Shingen.
He was known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen".
Takeda Nobushige held the favor of their father, and was meant to inherit the Takeda lands, we ...
(† 1541) was his father, and the other says that