Tsuchiya Masatsugu

{{Short description|Japanese samurai warrior}}

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

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{{nihongo|Tsuchiya Masatsugu|土屋昌次|extra=1544 – July 9, 1575}} was a Japanese samurai warrior in the Sengoku period.[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%9C%9F%E5%B1%8B%E6%98%8C%E6%AC%A1 "土屋昌次" at Nihon jinmei daijiten]; retrieved 2013-5-16. he is known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen".Internet Movie Database (IMDb), [https://www.imdb.com/character/ch0019073/bio "Shingen Takeda (Character) from Kagemusha (1980)]; retrieved 2013-5-17.

In 1573, he fought at Battle of Mikatagahara against Tokugawa Ieyasu.

In 1575, he was killed at the Battle of Nagashino against Oda-Tokugawa forces.Turnbull, Stephen R. (2012). [https://books.google.com/books?id=KZih_pptMSgC&dq=Tsuchiya+Masatsugu&pg=PA77 Nagashino 1575: Slaughter at the barricades, p. 77].{{cite book|last1=Turnbull|first1=Stephen|title=Battles of the Samurai|date=1987|publisher=Arms and Armour Press|location=London|isbn=9780853688266|pages=85}}

His sons followed Takeda Katsuyori until his death at Temmokuzan in 1582Internet Movie Database (IMDb), [https://www.imdb.com/character/ch0019073/bio "Shingen Takeda (Character) from Kagemusha (1980)]; retrieved 2013-5-17.