Takeda Nobumitsu

Takeda Nobumitsu (1162–1248), fifth son of Nobuyoshi, was the second Takeda clan head and a master of bow and horse, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of archery. In 1180 he joined his father's rising and captured the Taira-appointed Suruga deputy at the Battle of Hatta.

In the Jokyu War of 1221 he commanded the shogunate's Tosando army, entered Kyoto, and executed the courtier Fujiwara no Mitsuchika. Made shugo of Aki, he became a monk in 1239, passed the clan to Nobumasa, and died in 1248 aged about 87.