was a Japanese

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warrior of the

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. He is known as one of the "

Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen 24 (twenty-four) is the natural number following 23 and preceding 25. The SI prefix for 1024 is yotta (Y), and for 10−24 (i.e., the reciprocal of 1024) yocto (y). These numbers are the largest and smallest number to receive an SI prefix to da ...

". He once became a vassal of the Later Hojo clan, but returned to Kai and became a vassal of Takeda Shingen.

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"Legendary Takeda's 24 Generals" at Yamanashi-kankou.jp
1497 births 1564 deaths Samurai Takeda retainers People from Chiba Prefecture {{samurai-stub