Shibata Katsuie

Shibata Katsuie
Shibata Katsuie
Born	1522 Owari Province
Died	June 14, 1583 Battle of Shizugatake, Echizen Province

Shibata Katsuie (柴田 勝家^?, 1522 – June 14, 1583) or Gonroku (権六^?) was a Japanese samurai and military commander during the Sengoku period.

He served Oda Nobunaga as one of his trusted generals, was severely wounded in the 1571 Siege of Nagashima, but then fought in the 1577 Battle of Tedorigawa.

Katsuie was born in the village of Kamiyashiro (present-day Meitō-ku, Nagoya), a branch of the Shiba clan (who descended from the Ashikaga clan, and were the former suzerains of the Oda clan). Note the differences between Shibata (柴田^?), Shiba (斯波^?), and the Shibata clan of Echigo (新発田^?).

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