Takenaka Shigekado

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

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix =

| name = Takenaka Shigekado
竹中 重門

| office = Head of Takenaka clan

| term_start = 1579

| term_end = 1631

| predecessor = Takenaka Shigeharu

| successor = Takenaka Shigetsune

| birth_date = 1573

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1631|11|2|1573||}}

| death_place =

| allegiance = 15px Toyotomi clan
15px Eastern Army
15px Tokugawa shogunate

| unit = 15px Takenaka clan

| battles = Battle of Komaki (1584)
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)

| children = Takenaka Shigetsune

| father = Takenaka Shigeharu

}}

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{{nihongo|Takenaka Shigekado|竹中 重門||1573 – November 2, 1631}} was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. The son of Takenaka Hanbei, Shigekado saw his first action at age 12, taking part in the Battle of Komaki in 1585.[http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/sn-dos/sengoku/l_ta.htm ?í?‘•??«Šo?‘ ƒ‚½ „]

Following in his father's footsteps and served Toyotomi Hideyoshi, later siding with Tokugawa Ieyasu.{{cite web |last1=Ronquille |first1=Bryce |title=Biography of Takenaka Shigekado |url=https://www.swordsofnorthshire.com/biography-of-takenaka-shigekado}} At the Battle of Sekigahara, Shigekado along with Kuroda Nagamasa attacked the Western Army's main camp and Shigekado succeeded in chasing down and executing Konishi Yukinaga.

In Shigekado's time, the Takenaka became kōtai-yoriai hatamoto. Studying Chinese and Japanese philosophy with Hayashi Razan, Shigekado was known for his skill in calligraphy and poetry.

Shigekado died in Edo at age 58, and was succeeded by his son Takenaka Shigetsune.{{Cite web |url=http://homepage1.nifty.com/t-kubo/Japan/koutai/takenaka.htm |title=竹中家 |access-date=2007-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019051637/http://homepage1.nifty.com/t-kubo/Japan/koutai/takenaka.htm |archive-date=2007-10-19 |url-status=dead }}