was a Japanese samurai of the
Sengoku period
The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615.
The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...
. The son of
Takeda Nobutsuna, he was a high-ranking general who served the Takeda clan of
Kai Province. As his landholding was in the Katsunuma region of Kai, he used the ''shō'' (姓) of "Katsunuma." According to the record ''Katsuyama-ki'' (勝山記), he was killed in action during a battle against the
Hojo clan
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of
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. Following his death, the family was succeeded by Nobutomo's son
Nobumoto.
His oldest daughter was the military writer and poet
Rikei
was a Japanese noble lady, calligrapher, poet and scholar. She was the eldest daughter of Katsunuma Nobutomo (勝沼 信友), a samurai of the Sengoku period. She lived as a Buddhist nun at Daizen-ji temple at Mount Kashiwao and is most notable ...
.
In the 2007 NHK drama "Fūrin Kazan," Nobutomo was played by Tsuji Kazunaga.
References
*''This content is derived from the corresponding article on the Japanese Wikipedia.''
External links
Diagrams of the Katsunuma residence and short biography of Nobutomo(in Japanese)
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Japanese warriors killed in battle
Samurai
Takeda clan
1535 deaths
Year of birth unknown