Obu Toramasa

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Obu Toramasa

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He was the tutor of Takeda Shingen's younger brother Takeda Nobushige. He later betrayed Shingen with Shingen's eldest child, the rebellious Takeda Yoshinobu. A historically accurate account of his life is in the novel The Samurai's Tale written by Erik Christian Haugaard.

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Obu Toramasa, a part of the twenty-four drawings of Takeda (Takeda Shrine Collection)

References

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  1. Inoue, Yasushi. (2006). The Samurai banner of Furin Kazan, p. 7.
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