What given name did Shingen use before he became a monk in 1559?
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Harunobu
Shingen is a Buddhist name that he took on becoming a lay monk.
💡 Did you know? As a child he had borne yet another name: Katsuchiyo.
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Which father did Shingen send into exile in 1541?
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Takeda Nobutora
Nobutora had gone to visit Suruga; with the retainers behind him, his son never let him back into Kai.
💡 Did you know? The father outlived his banishment by decades and died only in 1574, after his son.
In which province, today’s Yamanashi, lay Shingen’s home domain?
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Kai
Kai is mountain country west of the Kantō plain; from there Shingen conquered neighbouring Shinano.
💡 Did you know? The family residence, Tsutsujigasaki, stood in Kōfu; a shrine to Shingen now occupies the site.
From which Chinese text do the words on Shingen’s banner come?
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The Art of War
The lines compare an army to wind, forest, fire and mountain; the four characters read Fūrinkazan.
💡 Did you know? An original banner of this kind is still kept in a temple in Yamanashi.
By which nickname did his contemporaries fear him?
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Tiger of Kai
The name pointed to his home province and his aggression; his rival Uesugi Kenshin was the “Dragon of Echigo”.
💡 Did you know? Tiger against dragon: the pair is still a favourite motif on stage and in video games.
In which battle did Shingen crush the young Tokugawa Ieyasu?
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Mikatagahara
Ieyasu ventured out of his castle at Hamamatsu and was overrun by Shingen’s seasoned army.
💡 Did you know? According to tradition, Ieyasu then had himself painted with a contorted face to remember the defeat.
Which metal from the mines of Kai paid for Shingen’s wars?
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Gold
From the province’s gold the Takeda struck their own coins, known as Kōshū gold.
💡 Did you know? Shingen used his miners in war too: they dug tunnels beneath enemy castle walls.
In which year did Takeda Shingen die?
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1573
He fell ill while besieging a castle in Mikawa and died on the way back to Kai.
💡 Did you know? The cause of his death is unclear; one legend tells of a sniper’s bullet.
For how many years did Shingen’s last will ask that his death be kept secret?
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3
He wanted to keep his enemies from exploiting the weakness of his house at once.
💡 Did you know? It did not quite work; rumours of his death soon reached Nobunaga and Ieyasu.
Which son took over the house after Shingen and was defeated at Nagashino in 1575?
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Takeda Katsuyori
At Nagashino the musketeers of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu shattered the Takeda cavalry.
💡 Did you know? In 1582 Katsuyori took his own life while on the run, and the Takeda ceased to be a ruling house.
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