was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period

Sengoku period

The or Warring States period in Japanese history was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century. The name "Sengoku" was adopted by Japanese historians in reference...

. The son of Takeda Nobutsuna, he was a high ranking general who served the Takeda clan of Kai Province

Kai Province

, also known as , is an old province in Japan in the area of Yamanashi Prefecture. It lies in central Honshū, west of Tokyo, in a landlocked mountainous region that includes Mount Fuji along its border with Shizuoka Prefecture....

. 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

Hojo clan

See the late Hōjō clan for the Hōjō clan of the Sengoku Period.The in the history of Japan was a family who controlled the hereditary title of shikken of the Kamakura Shogunate. In practice, the family had actual governmental power, many times dictatorial, rather than Kamakura shoguns, or the...

 of Sagami

Sagami Province

was an old province in the area that is today the central and western Kanagawa prefecture. It was sometimes called . Sagami bordered on Izu, Musashi, Suruga provinces; and had access to the Pacific Ocean through Sagami Bay...

. Following his death, the family was succeeded by Nobutomo's son Nobumoto.

His oldest daughter was the military writer and poet Rikei

Rikei

-Life and work:She was the oldest daughter of Katsunuma Nobutomo and became a nun at Mount Kashiwao. In 1582, Takeda Katsuyori, his wife and retinue fled to the mountain after having been defeated in battle...

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In the 2007 NHK drama "Fūrin Kazan," Nobutomo was played by Tsuji Kazunaga.

External links

• Diagrams of the Katsunuma residence and short biography of Nobutomo (in Japanese)