Nobuharu Baba

Japanese: 馬場信春 - ばばのぶはる

1513‐75 (Eisho 10‐Tensho 3)
A military commander of Kai during the Sengoku period. Junior Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Governor of Mino. Formerly known as Kyouraishi Kagemasa. The Baba clan was a prominent family in Kai, but Toramasa incurred the wrath of Takeda Shintora and committed seppuku, resulting in the end of the family line. Nobuharu succeeded him at the command of Harunobu (Shingen). He served three generations of Takeda, Nobutora, Harunobu, and Katsuyori, and achieved many military feats, later becoming one of the four great retainers of the Takeda. In the Battle of Nagashino, he advised Katsuyori to retreat, but his advice was not accepted, and he ended up serving as the rear guard of the defeated army, and was killed in battle after seeing the main force escape. [Sasamoto Masaharu]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1513‐75(永正10‐天正3)
戦国時代の甲斐の武将。民部少輔，美濃守。旧名教来石（きようらいし）景政。馬場氏は甲斐の名族であったが，虎貞が武田信虎の怒りに触れ切腹して家が絶えたので，晴信(信玄)の命で信春が家を継いだ。彼は信虎，晴信，勝頼の3代に仕えて軍功多く，後に武田の四臣に数えられた。長篠の戦では勝頼に退却を進言したがいれられず，結局敗軍のしんがりをつとめ，本隊の脱出を見届けてから討死した。【笹本正治】

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