Takenaka Shigeharu
Takenaka Shigeharu | |
|---|---|
| 竹中 重治 | |
Takenaka Shigeharu | |
| Head of Takenaka clan | |
| In office 1560–1579 | |
| Preceded by | Takenaka Shigemoto |
| Succeeded by | Takenaka Shigekado |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 27, 1544 Mino province |
| Died | July 6, 1579 (aged 34) |
| Children | Takenaka Shigekado |
| Relatives | Takenaka Shigetoshi (cousin) Ando Morinari (father in law) |
| Nickname | "Hanbei" (半兵衛) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Saitō clan Oda clan |
| Unit | Takenaka clan |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Nagaragawa (1556) Siege of Inabayama (1567) Battle of Anegawa (1570) Chūgoku Campaign (1576) Siege of Miki (1579) |
.svg){kind=link}
Takenaka Shigeharu (竹中 重治; September 27, 1544 – July 6, 1579), who was also known as Hanbei (半兵衛), was a Japanese samurai during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. Hanbei was the castle lord in command of Bodaiyama Castle. He was a chief strategist and adviser of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His father was Takenaka Shigemoto, a local samurai. He initially served the Saitō clan of Mino Province, but later plotted an uprising and took over the Saitō clan's Gifu Castle.