(1509-1593) was a Japanese
samuraiis the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
of the
Sengoku periodThe was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict in Japan that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century....
, who served the Takeda clan. The son of Hoshina Masanori, he ruled Takatō Castle in
Shinano Provinceis an old province of Japan that is now present day Nagano Prefecture. Its abbreviation is Shinshū .Shinano bordered on Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces...
. He initially opposed
Takeda Shingen' of Kai Province was a preeminent daimyo in feudal Japan with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period.-Name:...
's invasion of Shinano; however, he later submitted to Shingen and became a Takeda vassal, in command of 120 cavalry. Together with
Sanada Masayuki' was a Japanese Sengoku period daimyo. He was the third son of Sanada Yukitaka, a vassal daimyo to the Takeda family in Shinano province. He is known as a master strategist. Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Yukimura were his sons....
and
Kosaka Masanobu' was one of Takeda Shingen's most loyal retainers, and one of his 'Twenty-Four Generals' during the Sengoku period of Japan. He is often credited as the original author of Kōyō Gunkan, which records the history of the Takeda family and their military tactics...
, he was the third "Danjo" in the Takeda clan, distinguished from the others as
Yari Danjō (槍弾正), due to his skilled use of the spear.
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(1509-1593) was a Japanese
samuraiis the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
of the
Sengoku periodThe was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict in Japan that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century....
, who served the Takeda clan. The son of Hoshina Masanori, he ruled Takatō Castle in
Shinano Provinceis an old province of Japan that is now present day Nagano Prefecture. Its abbreviation is Shinshū .Shinano bordered on Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces...
. He initially opposed
Takeda Shingen' of Kai Province was a preeminent daimyo in feudal Japan with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period.-Name:...
's invasion of Shinano; however, he later submitted to Shingen and became a Takeda vassal, in command of 120 cavalry. Together with
Sanada Masayuki' was a Japanese Sengoku period daimyo. He was the third son of Sanada Yukitaka, a vassal daimyo to the Takeda family in Shinano province. He is known as a master strategist. Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Yukimura were his sons....
and
Kosaka Masanobu' was one of Takeda Shingen's most loyal retainers, and one of his 'Twenty-Four Generals' during the Sengoku period of Japan. He is often credited as the original author of Kōyō Gunkan, which records the history of the Takeda family and their military tactics...
, he was the third "Danjo" in the Takeda clan, distinguished from the others as
Yari Danjō (槍弾正), due to his skilled use of the spear.
Masatoshi was succeeded by his son Masanao.