Sanada Yukimura
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For the fictional character, see Sanada Yukimura (Sengoku Basara).
In this Japanese name, the surname is Sanada.
Sanada Nobushige (真田 信繁, 1567 – June 3, 1615), also known as Sanada Yukimura (真田 幸村), was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was especially known as the leading general on the defending side of the Siege of Osaka. Yukimura was called "A Hero who may appear once in a hundred years", "Crimson Demon of War" and "The Last Sengoku Hero". The famed veteran of the invasion of Korea, Shimazu Tadatsune, called him the "Number one warrior in Japan" (日本一の兵).[1][2]
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Sanada Nobushige 真田 信繁 | |
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Other name(s) | Sanada Nobushige Sanada Saemon-no-suke Ben-maru |
Born | 1567 |
Died | June 3, 1615(1615-06-03) (aged 47–48) |
Allegiance | Takeda clan Oda clan Uesugi clan Later Hōjō clan Tokugawa clan Toyotomi clan Western Army |
Unit | Sanada clan |
Battles/wars | Siege of Oshi (1590) Korean campaign (1592-1598) Siege of Ueda (1600) Siege of Osaka (1614-1615) |
Spouse(s) | Lady Hotta Lady Takanashi Chikurin-in |
Children | Sanada Yukimasa (Daisuke) Katakura Morinobu (Daihachi) Sanada Yukichika (Gonzaemon) |
Relations | Sanada Masayuki (father) Kanshō-in (mother) Sanada Nobuyuki (brother) Ōtani Yoshitsugu (father-in-law) Toyotomi Hideyoshi (adopted father-in-law) Komatsuhime (sister-in-law) |
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