Sanada Yukitaka

In this Japanese name, the surname is Sanada.

Sanada Yukitaka 真田 幸隆
Sanada Yukitaka
Head of Sanada clan
Preceded by	Sanada Yukiyoshi
Succeeded by	Sanada Nobutsuna
Personal details
Born	c. 1512
Died	June 8, 1574(1574-06-08) (aged 61–62)
Spouse	Kyō'un-in
Children	Sanada Nobutsuna Sanada Masateru Sanada Masayuki
Military service
Allegiance	Takeda clan
Unit	Sanada clan
Battles/wars	Battle of Odaihara Siege of Toishi Battles of Kawanakajima Siege of Odawara Battle of Mikatagahara

Sanada Yukitaka (真田 幸隆; c. 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". He was the father of Sanada Nobutsuna and Sanada Masayuki and grandfather of the legendary samurai warrior Sanada Yukimura, who served the Toyotomi clan.

Yukitaka was one of three "Danjo" generals to be named Danjōchū (Danjō stands for a formal title, Danjōchū; 弾正忠) by Shingen, along with Kōsaka Masanobu and Hoshina Masatoshi.

In 1541, Takeda Nobutora, the Suwa clan and Murakami Yoshikiyo cooperatively attacked the Unno clan and their relatives at the Battle of Unnodaira. The Unno clan, including the Sanada clan, left Shinano province, and their territory was divided among the invaders. After this battle, Takeda Shingen expelled his father Takeda Nobutora and became the new leader of the Takeda clan. A few years later, Yukitaka became a vassal of Takeda Shingen.

Under Shingen, Yukitaka participated in the Battle of Odaihara in 1546 and the sieges of Toishi in 1550 and 1551. After the conquest of Toishi, Yukitaka and the Sanada clan restored their old territory in Shinano.

Throughout his life, Yukitaka contributed to the expansion of the Takeda clan's domains.

Further reading

• Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.

External links

• "Legendary Takeda's 24 Generals" at Yamanashi-kankou.jp