Preceded by Sanada Yorimasa Died 1574, Shinano Province | Name Sanada Yukitaka Nationality Japanese | |
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Battles/wars Battle of OdaiharaSiege of ToishiBattles of KawanakajimaBattle of MikatagaharaMany others Children Sanada Masayuki, Sanada Nobutsuna Battles and wars Similar People Sanada Masayuki, Sanada Yukimura, Sanada Nobuyuki, Murakami Yoshikiyo, Yokota Takatoshi | ||
Sanada yukitaka being childish
Sanada Yukitaka (真田 幸隆, 1512? – June 8, 1574) was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He is known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen".
Under Takeda Shingen, Sanada Yukitaka participated in the Battle of Odaihara in 1546 and the sieges of Toishi in 1550 and 1551, and was one of three generals to be named Danjōchū by Shingen.
He was the father of Sanada Nobutsuna and Sanada Masayuki and grandfather of the legendary samurai warrior Sanada Yukimura of whom Toyotomi Hideyoshi once said "A hero appears once every hundred years".
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