Takeda Nobumori

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Takeda Nobumori (????-1582) was a retainer of the Japanese clan of Takeda during the earlier years of Nobumori's life during the Sengoku period to the Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 16th century. Nobumori was the fourth son of the famous legendary ruler of Takeda, Takeda Shingen. Following the invasion of the Takeda territory by the Oda/Tokugawa alliance, Nobumori initially became the ruler of Takeda following Takeda Katsuyori's death during the conflict (ending his own life through suicide). While the destruction of the Takeda clan was currently going on, Nobumori fortifief himself in the Shinano castle. Oda Nobunaga, who had seen this, followed in sending a certain Buddhist priest to negotiate surrender with Nobumori. However, Nobumori responded by astonishingly cutting off the nose and ears of the priest. Following the subsequent attack at the castle that followed this, Nobumori was killed, effectively concluding in the extinction of the Takeda clan.