Sanada Yukitaka
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(d. 1574) was a daimyō (feudal lord) of Shinano Province who became one of Takeda Shingen's 'Twenty-four Generals' (his most trusted commanders), submitting to being Takeda's vassal after a long and difficult struggle against him.
Under Takeda Shingen, Sanada Yukitaka led the sieges of Toishi in 1550 and 1551, and was one of three generals to be named Danjōchū by Shingen.
He was the father of Sanada Masayuki and grandfather of the legendary samurai warrior Sanada Yukimura of whom Toyotomi Hideyoshi once said "A hero appears once every hundred years".
Reference
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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