The page of "Takeda Shrine" as "Your Travel Destination in Japan" now has been uploaded:
During the Muromachi Age (1336 - 1573) , the area of Yamanashi Prefecture was "Kai" Province
and was governed by the TAKEDA Clan. TAKEDA Shingen (1521 - 1573) , the nineteenth generation,
was the most wellknown and had the most brilliant success among TAKEDA's Clan head.
If you go straight to the north from Kofu Station, you will arrive at Takeda Shrine.
The place of Takeda Shrine used to be their castle, named "Tsutujigasaki" Castle.
The castle was originally built in 1519, by TAKEDA Nobutora (1494 - 1574) ,
who was farther of TAKEDA Shingen.
These battel banners show the following battle policy of TAKEDA Shingen (1521 - 1573) ;
"as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and as immovable as the mountain"
These words are very wellknown to Japanese as "FURINKAZAN".
Takeda Shrine was built in 1919. The shrine enshrines TAKEDA Shingen.
From the main gate, you will see the top of Mt. Fuji.
I guess TAKEDA Shingen also had seen this scenery.
TAKEDA Shingen lost his life with a sudden illness in 1573 on his way to Kyoto, to be a "Shogun" to govern whole Japan.
If he did not catch the illness, the history of Japan would have been different.
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英語版のサイトに、山梨県甲府市にある武田神社のページをアップロードしました：
武田神社は戦国時代に武田信玄の居城だった躑躅ヶ崎館の跡に建っています。
信玄を祀り1919年(大正8年)に創建されています。
「人は石垣、人は石垣」と、家臣団の団結で戦国時代最強の軍団を率いた信玄ですが、
その子・勝頼の代になり信長に攻められると、多くの家臣が勝頼の元から去り、
武田氏は滅びてしまいました。
今日アップした "Takeda Shrine" のページへどうぞ：
