Saegusa Moritomo

In this Japanese name, the surname is Saegusa.
Saegusa Moritomo
Saegusa Moritomo painting
Native name
三枝 守友
Born1537
DiedJune 29, 1575 (aged 37–38)
Nagashino, Mikawa Province (now Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture)
Allegiance Takeda clan
Battles / warsBattle of Mikatagahara (1573)
Battle of Nagashino (1575)
RelationsYamagata Masakage (father in law)

Saegusa Moritomo (三枝 守友; 1537 – June 29, 1575) was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen".[1]

Moritomo was the son-in-law of the famed Takeda retainer Yamagata Masakage. Moritomo served Takeda clan during the Battle of Mikatagahara in 1572,[2] and died at the Battle of Nagashino in 1575.[3]

References

  1. ^ Turnbull, Stephen. (2013). Samurai Armies 1467-1649, p. 62.
  2. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (2000). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & C0. pp. 222–223. ISBN 1854095234.
  3. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1987). Battles of the Samurai. London: Arms and Armour Press. pp. 79–94. ISBN 9780853688266.

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