Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimyō (died 1573)

Takeda Shingen

Japanese feudal lord (1521–1573)

Takeda Shingen was daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known as "the Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyo of the late Sengoku period, and credited with exceptional military prestige. Shingen was based in a poor area with little arable land…