# Itagaki Nobukata

Itagaki Nobukata (板垣 信方, 1489 – March 23, 1548) was a retainer of the Takeda family. He was known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen". His name is also seen with different kanji as 信形. Nobukata served under both Takeda Nobutora and Takeda Shingen and also was tasked with young Shingen.

## Military life

In 1541 Nobutora, along with Amari Torayasu, was driven out from the position of the head of Takeda clan, and he served as the general for Shingen often leading the troops into a battle when Shingen could not.
In 1542, he would personally finish off Takato Yoritsugu at Battle of Ankokuji, shortly after the Siege of Fukuyo.
In 1545, he successfully besieged and captured Takato castle.
In 1546, he defeated Uesugi Norimasa at Usui Toge in Battle of Odaihara. With these victories, he was instrumental in gaining the control of Shinano Province and proved himself a skilled tactician. He was known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen". After these victories, Nobukata increasingly became selfish and started to hold victory ceremonies without firmly winning a battle. These victories rapidly became fewer. As Nobukata was the eldest of the Takeda retainers and having educated Shingen, few could criticize his actions.
In 1547, during Siege of Shika Castle, Nobukata and his troops were almost completely wiped out in a battle and without a timely rescue by Hara Toratane, Nobukata himself would have been in danger as well. Shingen offered the following waka to Nobukata to encourage him to correct his act.
In 1548, at the Battle of Uedahara, Nobutaka satisfied with a victory, had his troops stand down to hold a ceremony. Murakami Yoshikiyo's troops regrouped and counterattacked, killing Nobutaka and Amari Torayasu.

## Personal life

The Meiji era politician Itagaki Taisuke was Nobukata's direct descendant, 12 generations removed.
    Dare mo Miyo Mitsureba Yagate Kaku Tsuki no Izayofu Ana ya Hito no Yo no Naka
    誰もみよ 満つればやがて 欠く月の 十六夜ふ穴や 人の世の中
    (Translation) "Everyone sees that even a beautiful full moon starts to change its shape, becoming smaller as the time passes. Even in our human lives, things are as it is."

## In fiction

In NHK's 2007 Taiga drama Fūrinkazan, Itagaki is played by Sonny Chiba. Like in the novel it was adapted from, Nobukata was portrayed more heroically, supposedly the one who was trying to rein in the young Takeda Harunobu (Shingen) from his arrogance and chose to sacrifice himself so that Harunobu may survive the Battle of Uedahara.

## Genealogy

| Takeda Nobuyoshi ||||||
| Ichijo Tadayori | Ichijo Tadayori | Ichijo Tadayori | $^1$Itagaki Kanenobu | $^1$Itagaki Kanenobu | $^1$Itagaki Kanenobu | Henmi Ariyoshi | Henmi Ariyoshi | Henmi Ariyoshi | Takeda Nobumitsu | Takeda Nobumitsu | Takeda Nobumitsu |
| Itagaki Yoritoki | Itagaki Yoritoki | Itagaki Yoritoki | Itagaki Yoritoki | Itagaki Yoritoki | $^2$Itagakiyorishige | $^2$Itagakiyorishige | $^2$Itagakiyorishige | $^2$Itagakiyorishige | $^2$Itagakiyorishige |
| $^3$Itagaki Yorikane | $^3$Itagaki Yorikane | $^3$Itagaki Yorikane | Itagaki Nobuyori | Itagaki Nobuyori | Itagaki Nobuyori | Itagaki sanekane | Itagaki sanekane | Itagaki sanekane | Takeda Nagakane | Takeda Nagakane | Takeda Nagakane |
| $^4$Itagaki Yukiyori | $^4$Itagaki Yukiyori | $^4$Itagaki Yukiyori | | | | | | | Takeda Nobusada | Takeda Nobusada | Takeda Nobusada | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| $^5$Itagaki Nagayori | $^5$Itagaki Nagayori | $^5$Itagaki Nagayori | | | | | | | Nakamura Kanekuni | Nakamura Kanekuni | Nakamura Kanekuni | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| $^6$Itagaki Saburozaemon | $^6$Itagaki Saburozaemon | $^6$Itagaki Saburozaemon | | | | | | | Nakamura Kanesada | Nakamura Kanesada | Nakamura Kanesada | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| $^{12}$Itagaki Bishu | $^{12}$Itagaki Bishu | $^{12}$Itagaki Bishu | $^{12}$Itagaki Bishu | $^{12}$Itagaki Bishu | $^{13}$Itagaki Nobuyasu | $^{13}$Itagaki Nobuyasu | $^{13}$Itagaki Nobuyasu | $^{13}$Itagaki Nobuyasu | $^{13}$Itagaki Nobuyasu |
| Itagaki Hokinokami | Itagaki Hokinokami | Itagaki Hokinokami | $^{14}$Itagaki Nobukata | $^{14}$Itagaki Nobukata | $^{14}$Itagaki Nobukata | Morozumi Genbanojo | Morozumi Genbanojo | Morozumi Genbanojo | woman | woman | woman | |
| | | $^{15①}$Itagaki Nobunori | $^{15①}$Itagaki Nobunori | Sakayori Masamitsu | Sakayori Masamitsu | $^{16}$Itagaki Nobuyasu | $^{16}$Itagaki Nobuyasu | wife of Itagaki Nobuyasu | wife of Itagaki Nobuyasu |
| $^②$Itagaki Masanobu | $^②$Itagaki Masanobu | Itagaki Masatora | Itagaki Masatora | woman | woman | $^{17}$Itagaki Surinosuke | $^{17}$Itagaki Surinosuke | Itagaki Hayato | Itagaki Hayato |
| $^③$Inui Masayuki | $^③$Inui Masayuki | $^③$Inui Masayuki | $^③$Inui Masayuki | Itagaki Masayoshi | Itagaki Masayoshi | Itagaki Masayoshi | Itagaki Masayoshi | Sakayori Masayoshi | Sakayori Masayoshi | Sakayori Masayoshi | Sakayori Masayoshi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| $^④$Inui Masasuke | $^④$Inui Masasuke | $^④$Inui Masasuke | $^④$Inui Masasuke | $^④$Inui Masasuke | $^④$Inui Masasuke | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $^1$Inui Masanao | $^1$Inui Masanao | $^1$Inui Masanao | $^1$Inui Masanao | $^1$Inui Masanao | $^1$Inui Masanao | Inui Tomomasa | Inui Tomomasa | Inui Tomomasa | Inui Tomomasa | Inui Tomomasa | Inui Tomomasa |
| $^⑤$Inui Masakata | | | Inui Jujiro | $^2$Inui Masafusa | Inui Muichi | | | | | | | |
| Inui Kasuke | Inui Kasuke | $^⑥$Inui Masakiyo | $^⑥$Inui Masakiyo | wife of Kondo Michikata | wife of Kondo Michikata | Inui Jusuke | Inui Jusuke | $^3$Inui Yoshikatsu | $^3$Inui Yoshikatsu |
| $^⑦$Inui Naotake | Inui Naokowa | Nakayama Hidenobu | Inui Kowamasa | $^4$Inui Masafusa | Inui Masanaru |
| $^⑧$Inui Masa-akira | $^⑧$Inui Masa-akira | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $^5$Inui Masahisa | $^5$Inui Masahisa | $^5$Inui Masahisa | $^5$Inui Masahisa | $^5$Inui Masahisa | $^5$Inui Masahisa |
| $^⑨$Inui Nobutake | $^⑨$Inui Nobutake | $^⑨$Inui Nobutake | $^⑨$Inui Nobutake | $^⑨$Inui Nobutake | $^⑨$Inui Nobutake | Nomoto Nobuteru | Nomoto Nobuteru | Nomoto Nobuteru | Nomoto Nobuteru | Nomoto Nobuteru | Nomoto Nobuteru | woman | woman | woman | woman | woman | woman | | | | | | | $^6$Inui Masaharu | $^6$Inui Masaharu | $^6$Inui Masaharu | $^6$Inui Masaharu | $^6$Inui Masaharu | $^6$Inui Masaharu | | | | | | | Motoyama Shigeyoshi | Motoyama Shigeyoshi | Motoyama Shigeyoshi | Motoyama Shigeyoshi | Motoyama Shigeyoshi | Motoyama Shigeyoshi |
| $^⑩$Inui Masashige | $^⑩$Inui Masashige | $^⑩$Inui Masashige | $^⑩$Inui Masashige | $^⑩$Inui Masashige | $^⑩$Inui Masashige | wife of Hirai Masazane | wife of Hirai Masazane | wife of Hirai Masazane | wife of Hirai Masazane | wife of Hirai Masazane | wife of Hirai Masazane | wife of Nagaya Hikodayu | wife of Nagaya Hikodayu | wife of Nagaya Hikodayu | wife of Nagaya Hikodayu | wife of Nagaya Hikodayu | wife of Nagaya Hikodayu | | | | | | | Inui Masakatsu | Inui Masakatsu | Inui Masakatsu | Inui Masakatsu | Inui Masakatsu | Inui Masakatsu | $^7$Inui Masa-atsu | $^7$Inui Masa-atsu | $^7$Inui Masa-atsu | $^7$Inui Masa-atsu | $^7$Inui Masa-atsu | $^7$Inui Masa-atsu | Inui Masa-atsu | Inui Masa-atsu | Inui Masa-atsu | Inui Masa-atsu | Inui Masa-atsu | Inui Masa-atsu |
| $^⑪$Itagaki Taisuke | Inui Kyuba | wife of Hino Shigeyoshi | woman | woman | $^8$Inui Seishi |
| Itagaki Hokotaro | Itagaki Hokotaro | Itagaki Hokotaro | Itagaki Hokotaro | Itagaki Hokotaro | Itagaki Hokotaro | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $^8$Inui Seishi | $^8$Inui Seishi | $^8$Inui Seishi | $^8$Inui Seishi | $^8$Inui Seishi | $^8$Inui Seishi | Itagaki Magozaburo | Itagaki Magozaburo | Itagaki Magozaburo | Itagaki Magozaburo | Itagaki Magozaburo | Itagaki Magozaburo | Itagaki Masami | Itagaki Masami | Itagaki Masami | Itagaki Masami | Itagaki Masami | Itagaki Masami | Inui Muichi | Inui Muichi | Inui Muichi | Inui Muichi | Inui Muichi | Inui Muichi | Kataoka Hyoko | Kataoka Hyoko | Kataoka Hyoko | Kataoka Hyoko | Kataoka Hyoko | Kataoka Hyoko | Miyaji Gunko | Miyaji Gunko | Miyaji Gunko | Miyaji Gunko | Miyaji Gunko | Miyaji Gunko | Ogawa Enko | Ogawa Enko | Ogawa Enko | Ogawa Enko | Ogawa Enko | Ogawa Enko | Asano Chiyoko | Asano Chiyoko | Asano Chiyoko | Asano Chiyoko | Asano Chiyoko | Asano Chiyoko | Oyama Ryoko | Oyama Ryoko | Oyama Ryoko | Oyama Ryoko | Oyama Ryoko | Oyama Ryoko |
| Itagaki Takeo | Itagaki Takeo | Itagaki Takeo | Itagaki Takeo | Itagaki Takeo | Itagaki Takeo | $^⑫$Itagaki Morimasa | $^⑫$Itagaki Morimasa | $^⑫$Itagaki Morimasa | $^⑫$Itagaki Morimasa | $^⑫$Itagaki Morimasa | $^⑫$Itagaki Morimasa | | | | | | | $^⑬$Itagaki Masatsura | $^⑬$Itagaki Masatsura | $^⑬$Itagaki Masatsura | $^⑬$Itagaki Masatsura | $^⑬$Itagaki Masatsura | $^⑬$Itagaki Masatsura | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kawase Miyoshi | Kawase Miyoshi | Kawase Miyoshi | Kawase Miyoshi | Kawase Miyoshi | Kawase Miyoshi | | | | | | | Nakamura Choshi | Nakamura Choshi | Nakamura Choshi | Nakamura Choshi | Nakamura Choshi | Nakamura Choshi | $^9$Inui Ichiro | $^9$Inui Ichiro | $^9$Inui Ichiro | $^9$Inui Ichiro | $^9$Inui Ichiro | $^9$Inui Ichiro | Miyaji Shigeaki | Miyaji Shigeaki | Miyaji Shigeaki | Miyaji Shigeaki | Miyaji Shigeaki | Miyaji Shigeaki | Motoyama Nobuko | Motoyama Nobuko | Motoyama Nobuko | Motoyama Nobuko | Motoyama Nobuko | Motoyama Nobuko | Asano Kazuharu | Asano Kazuharu | Asano Kazuharu | Asano Kazuharu | Asano Kazuharu | Asano Kazuharu | Asano Fusako | Asano Fusako | Asano Fusako | Asano Fusako | Asano Fusako | Asano Fusako | Oyama Tomomitsu | Oyama Tomomitsu | Oyama Tomomitsu | Oyama Tomomitsu | Oyama Tomomitsu | Oyama Tomomitsu |
| Ozaki Tadashi | Ozaki Tadashi | Ozaki Tadashi | Ozaki Tadashi | Ozaki Tadashi | Ozaki Tadashi | Mishima Takuko | Mishima Takuko | Mishima Takuko | Mishima Takuko | Mishima Takuko | Mishima Takuko | Itagaki Masa-aki | Itagaki Masa-aki | Itagaki Masa-aki | Itagaki Masa-aki | Itagaki Masa-aki | Itagaki Masa-aki | Akiyama Noriko | Akiyama Noriko | Akiyama Noriko | Akiyama Noriko | Akiyama Noriko | Akiyama Noriko | $^⑭$Itagaki Taitaro | $^⑭$Itagaki Taitaro | $^⑭$Itagaki Taitaro | $^⑭$Itagaki Taitaro | $^⑭$Itagaki Taitaro | $^⑭$Itagaki Taitaro | Itagaki Naomaro | Itagaki Naomaro | Itagaki Naomaro | Itagaki Naomaro | Itagaki Naomaro | Itagaki Naomaro | Kawase Katsuyo | Kawase Katsuyo | Kawase Katsuyo | Kawase Katsuyo | Kawase Katsuyo | Kawase Katsuyo | Sugisaki Mitsuyo | Sugisaki Mitsuyo | Sugisaki Mitsuyo | Sugisaki Mitsuyo | Sugisaki Mitsuyo | Sugisaki Mitsuyo | Nakamura Junko | Nakamura Junko | Nakamura Junko | Nakamura Junko | Nakamura Junko | Nakamura Junko | $^{10}$Takaoka Mariko | $^{10}$Takaoka Mariko | $^{10}$Takaoka Mariko | $^{10}$Takaoka Mariko | $^{10}$Takaoka Mariko | $^{10}$Takaoka Mariko | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Oyama Tomokazu | Oyama Tomokazu | Oyama Tomokazu | Oyama Tomokazu | Oyama Tomokazu | Oyama Tomokazu |
| Ozaki Kimimasa | Ozaki Kimimasa | Ozaki Kimimasa | Ozaki Kimimasa | Ozaki Kimimasa | Ozaki Kimimasa | Akiyama Takeo | Akiyama Takeo | Akiyama Takeo | Akiyama Takeo | Akiyama Takeo | Akiyama Takeo | Akiyama Takeshi | Akiyama Takeshi | Akiyama Takeshi | Akiyama Takeshi | Akiyama Takeshi | Akiyama Takeshi | Akiyama Yuri | Akiyama Yuri | Akiyama Yuri | Akiyama Yuri | Akiyama Yuri | Akiyama Yuri | Itagaki Yuko | Itagaki Yuko | Itagaki Yuko | Itagaki Yuko | Itagaki Yuko | Itagaki Yuko | Itagaki Akihiro | Itagaki Akihiro | Itagaki Akihiro | Itagaki Akihiro | Itagaki Akihiro | Itagaki Akihiro | | | | | | | Nakamura Naotaka | Nakamura Naotaka | Nakamura Naotaka | Nakamura Naotaka | Nakamura Naotaka | Nakamura Naotaka | Nakamura Kazutaka | Nakamura Kazutaka | Nakamura Kazutaka | Nakamura Kazutaka | Nakamura Kazutaka | Nakamura Kazutaka | Ibuka Mika | Ibuka Mika | Ibuka Mika | Ibuka Mika | Ibuka Mika | Ibuka Mika | Takaoka Koutaro | Takaoka Koutaro | Takaoka Koutaro | Takaoka Koutaro | Takaoka Koutaro | Takaoka Koutaro | | | | | | | | | | | | | Oyama Tomoaki | Oyama Tomoaki | Oyama Tomoaki | Oyama Tomoaki | Oyama Tomoaki | Oyama Tomoaki | Oyama Tomohide | Oyama Tomohide | Oyama Tomohide | Oyama Tomohide | Oyama Tomohide | Oyama Tomohide |
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