Shibata Katsuie, Japanese samurai (born 1522)

Shibata Katsuie

Japanese samurai and military commander (1522–1583)

Shibata Katsuie or Gonroku (権六) was a Japanese samurai and military commander during the Sengoku period. He was retainer of Oda Nobuhide. He served Oda Nobunaga as one of his trusted generals, was severely wounded in the 1571 first siege of Nagashima, but then fought in the 1575…