Katsuie Shibata

Katsuie Shibata (ja 柴田勝家, Shibata Katsuie , 1530 - 1583), was a commander Samurai of the era Sengoku (14th century) which was used under the orders as Nobunaga Oda.

Its history

It was under the orders of Oda Nobukatsu (Oda Nobuyuki), brother of Nobunaga Oda. In 1556 after its defeat with Ino at the time of its coup attempt of state, it rejoind Nobunaga Oda.

In 1575, after having took the control of Echizen, it accepted the castle of Kitanoshō-jō (Hokujō). It was then to send to the combat to conquer the area of Hokuriku. After the control of Kaga and Noto, it began a campaign against the province Etchu in 1581. At a meeting in Kiyosu to determine the successor with Nobunaga, it supported Oda Nobutaka, the third wire, for which Katsuie Shibata had carried out the ritual of Genpuku.

It was combined with Oda Nobutaka and Takigawa Kazumasa to fight against Hideyoshi. However, its field would be isolated in winter by heavy snowfalls and this limited its capacity. Its two allied was destroyed while he fought against Uesugi. Its forces, under the command of Sakuma Morimasa, besieged Nakagawa Kiyohide at Shizugatake in the battle of Shizugatake. The orders of Shibata will be ignored by Sakuma. It was reprocessed with the castle of Kitanoshō with a decimated army. Katsuie had of another option to only go. It put fire at the castle and practiced Sepuku.

In the video games

Its Charisma exeptionnel with fact of him a character very appreciated in the universe of the Video games. It thus appears in Kessen 3 (by Koei as a playable general. It is also present in Samurai Warriors 2

External bonds

Genealogy Shibata

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