Takenaka Shigeharu

✶September 27, 1544

†July 6, 1579

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About their life

Takenaka Shigeharu , who was also known as Hanbei (半兵衛), was a Japanese samurai during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. Hanbei was the castle lord in command of Bodaiyama Castle. He was a chief strategist and adviser of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His father was Takenaka Shigemoto, a local samurai. He initially served the Saitō clan of Mino Province, but later plotted an uprising and took over the Saitō clan's Gifu Castle.

Japanese samurai

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Biography from the article Takenaka Shigeharu on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.