Murakami Takeyoshi

{{Short description|Japanese samurai (1533–1604)}}

{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|村上武吉|date=February 2024}}

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{{Infobox military person

|name = Murakami Takeyoshi

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|native_name = 村上 武吉

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|birth_date = {{birth year|1533}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|1604|September|15|1533||}}

|birth_place = Noshima Castle?

|death_place = Ōshima District, Yamaguchi

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|allegiance = Mōri clan

|rank = Fleet Commander

|unit =

|commands = Seto Inland Sea

|battles = Battle of Miyajima (1555)
Siege of Moji (1561)
Battles of Kizugawaguchi (1578)

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{{family name hatnote|Murakami|lang=Japanese}}

{{Nihongo|Murakami Takeyoshi|村上武吉||extra=1533 – 1604}} was a Japanese samurai, pirate leader and naval commander of Mōri clan in the Sengoku period.{{cite web|url= https://sirotabi.com/338/|title=能島城 村上武吉 |date=25 August 2017 |publisher=城人|language=Japanese|access-date=25 July 2019}} He was head of the Noshima Murakami pirates.{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9D%91%E4%B8%8A%E6%AD%A6%E5%90%89-1114622 |title=村上武吉|publisher=コトバンク|language=Japanese|access-date=25 July 2019}}{{cite web|url= https://senjp.com/murakami-take/|title=村上武吉|publisher=戦国武将列伝|language=Japanese|access-date=25 July 2019}}

In 1555, "Noshima Murakami" navy helped the Mōri clan and played an important role during the Battle of Miyajima.{{cite web|url= https://www.city.imabari.ehime.jp/museum/suigun/about/|title=村上武吉 村上水軍博物館|publisher=Imabari city Official|language=Japanese|access-date=25 July 2019}}

In 1561, Takeyoshi fought at the Siege of Moji against combined navy of the Ōtomo clan and Portuguese traders under Ōtomo Sōrin.

In 1576, during Ishiyama Hongan-ji War, Takeyoshi's eldest son, Motoyoshi, led the Murakami navy to defeat Oda Nobunaga`s navy in the first battle of Kizugawaguchi.

In 1578, Takeyoshi himself, however, was defeated by Kuki Yoshitaka's navy of Oda clan in the second battle of Kizugawaguchi because Kuki's navy used new iron ships (Tekkōsen) to repel the arrows and bullets.