Who Is Takeda Nobushige (Tenkyu)?
The Takeda deputy commander who died protecting his brother
Takeda Tenkyu Nobushige
Takeda Nobushige (1525–1561) was the younger brother of Takeda Shingen and a samurai commander who supported the Takeda clan. He was also known as "Tenkyu," a name taken from his official title. He was killed in 1561 at the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima.
In Episodes 3 and 4, Nobushige appears as a commander of the main army on the plain of Hachimanbara. When the fog lifts and the Uesugi forces attack, he fights to protect his brother Shingen's command post and loses his life. The Kōyō Gunkan describes his death as a deeply mourned loss.
He is also known for a set of house rules said to have been written by him, describing how retainers should conduct themselves. He is a different person from Sanada Nobushige (better known as Sanada Yukimura), who shares the same given name.
Episodes featuring this character2
NEWEpisode 3
The Perfect Plan, Betrayed by Dinner SmokeBattle of Kawanakajima (the Woodpecker Gambit)
The enemy won't come down from the mountain, so the strategist Kansuke plans to drive them out with a "woodpecker" trick. But the enemy commander saw through it from one thing: the cooking smoke rising from the castle at suppertime. When the fog lifts, the whole enemy army is standing right in front of him.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 4
Who Was the Rider Who Struck the Warlord?Battle of Kawanakajima (Shingen vs. Kenshin)
Kawanakajima, autumn 1561. The fog lifts, and the entire Uesugi army is right in front of them. As word comes that Shingen has lost his brother and his strategist, he still won't leave his camp stool. Then a rider who never gives his name charges straight into the command camp.
19 pages