Ichijō Nobutatsu
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Ichijō Nobutatsu (一条信龍? 1539 - 1582) was a younger brother and retainer to Takeda Shingen throughout the late Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. Even though being the legitimate brother to Shingen, Nobutatsu was risen by a separate mother around the time of his initial birth, which justifies the rationale behind why he held the surname 'Ichijō' as opposed to 'Takeda'. Regardless, Nobutatsu used Ueno castle as his general base of power while mutually supporting his elder brother throughout any such conflict that happened before him; one of these conflicts being the Battle of Mikatagahara in 1573, where Nobutatsu showed a high level of martial prowess, obtaining the honor of being ranked as one of Shingen's Twenty-Four Generals in justification to this. Following the death of Shingen and Katsuyori's succession, Nobutatsu supported the new heir during the Battle of Nagashino in 1575, where he had assisted Baba Nobufusa as a commander of the cavalry, along with two of his brothers. Surviving this conflict and remaining under the flag of Takeda despite the poor competency of his respective lord, Nobutatsu then confronted the invasion of the Oda/Tokugawa alliance in 1582, where he was unfortunately captured by the opposition and put to death with his son. Even though being dead, Nobutatsu was additionally considered as a man of culture who was well-versed in the art of diplomacy, and thus regarded as a more notable member of the Takeda.
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- Ichijo Nobutatsu - SamuraiWiki. (Samurai Archives) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
