Sanada Yukitaka

Sanada Yukitaka (真田 幸隆, c. 1512 – June 8, 1574) was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He is known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen".[1]

In this Japanese name, the surname is Sanada.
Sanada Yukitaka
Sanada Yukitaka
Bornc. 1512
DiedJune 8, 1574(1574-06-08) (aged 61–62)
Allegiance Takeda clan
Unit Sanada clan
Battles/wars
Spouse(s)Kyō'un-in
ChildrenSanada Nobutsuna
Sanada Masateru
Sanada Masayuki

Under Takeda Shingen, Sanada Yukitaka participated in the Battle of Odaihara in 1546 [2] and the sieges of Toishi in 1550 and 1551,[3] and was one of three generals to be named Danjōchū by Shingen.

He was the father of Sanada Nobutsuna and Sanada Masayuki and grandfather of the legendary samurai warrior Sanada Yukimura of whom Toyotomi Hideyoshi once said "A hero appears once every hundred years".

References
  1. Internet Movie Database (IMDb), "Shingen Takeda (Character) from Kagemusha (1980); retrieved 2013-5-17.
  2. – Sanada Clan Timeline
  3. Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 212. ISBN 1854095234.

Further reading
  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.


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