Saegusa Moritomo

{{short description|Japanese samurai warrior}}

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

{{Infobox military person

| name = Saegusa Moritomo

| native_name = 三枝 守友

| image = Saigusamoritomo.jpg

| caption = Saegusa Moritomo painting

| birth_date = 1537

| death_date = June 29, {{death year and age|1575|1537}}

| death_place = Nagashino, Mikawa Province (now Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture)

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| relations = Yamagata Masakage (father in law)

| allegiance = 25px Takeda clan

| battles = Battle of Mikatagahara (1573)
Battle of Nagashino (1575)

}}

{{nihongo|Saegusa Moritomo|三枝 守友||extra=1537 – June 29, 1575}} was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen".Turnbull, Stephen. (2013). [https://books.google.com/books?id=nj9JJsr54EIC&pg=PT62&dq= Samurai Armies 1467-1649, p. 62].

Moritomo was the son-in-law of the famed Takeda retainer Yamagata Masakage.

Moritomo served Takeda clan during the Battle of Mikatagahara in 1572,{{cite book|last1=Turnbull|first1=Stephen|title=The Samurai Sourcebook|date=2000|publisher=Cassell & C0|location=London|isbn=1854095234|pages=222–223}} and died at the Battle of Nagashino in 1575.{{cite book|last1=Turnbull|first1=Stephen|title=Battles of the Samurai|date=1987|publisher=Arms and Armour Press|location=London|isbn=9780853688266|pages=79–94}}

References

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Further reading

  • West, C.E. and F.W. Seal (2005). "[http://www.samurai-archives.com/ The Samurai Archives]."