Yamamoto Kansuke

Yamamoto Kansuke (????)(d. 1561) was one of Takeda Shingen's most trusted Twenty-Four Generals. He was a brilliant strategist, and is particularly known for his plan which led to victory in the fourth battle of Kawanakajima against Uesugi Kenshin. However, Yamamoto never lived to see his plan succeed; thinking it to have failed, he charged headlong into the enemy ranks, dying valiantly in battle.

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1561 - Takeda Shingen - Twenty-Four Generals - Battle of Kawanakajima - Uesugi Kenshin

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Legend says that Kansuke was blind in one eye and lame, but a fierce warrior nevertheless. In various works of art, he is depicted holding a naginata as a support for his weak leg.

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The Heih? Okugisho, a treatise on strategy and tactics attributed to Yamamoto, is included in the Takeda family chronicle, the Koyo Gunkan. In it, he focuses particularly on the strategic behavior of individual warriors.

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Takeda family - Koyo Gunkan

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