Takeda Nobukado

Takeda Nobukado (武田 信廉) was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen". He is also well known as a painter.

It has been said that Nobukado and Shingen were as like as two peas therefore he served as body double for Shingen.

When Nobunaga attacked Oshima castle Nobukado was defending, Nobukado escaped from the castle without fighting but he ended up being captured and beheaded.

Family

 * Father: Takeda Nobutora (1493-1574)
 * Brothers:
 * Takematsu (1517-1523)
 * Takeda Shingen (1521-1573)
 * Inuchiyo (1523-1529)
 * Takeda Nobushige (1525-1561)
 * Takeda Nobumoto
 * Matsuo Nobukore (ca. 1530s-1571)
 * Takeda Souchi
 * Takeda Nobuzane (ca. 1530s-1575)
 * Ichijō Nobutatsu (ca. 1539-1582)
 * Sisters:
 * Joukei-in (1519-1550), married Imagawa Yoshimoto
 * Nanshou-in (born 1520) married Anayama Nobutomo
 * Nene (1528-1543) married Suwa Yorishige

In popular culture
Nobukado is one of the main characters in Akira Kurosawa's film Kagemusha, the role of Nobukado was played by Tsutomu Yamazaki.