About Okabe Motonobu
Lived 1505 – 1581 (aged 75–76). Okabe Motonobu was a Japanese samurai and military commander.
, also known as Naganori, was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, in the service of the Imagawa clan. The second son of Okabe Chikatsuna, he became a senior retainer of the Imagawa, following in his father's footsteps.
In 1560, after his lord Imagawa Yoshimoto was killed at the Battle of Okehazama, he kept fighting and even retrieved his lord's corpse. Following the clan's collapse, he switched his allegiance to the Takeda clan and defended Takatenjin Castle.
In 1581, he died in the Siege of Takatenjin against Honda Tadakatsu when he and his troops were attacked by Tokugawa Ieyasu's forces.
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Who was Okabe Motonobu?
samurai
When was Okabe Motonobu born?
Okabe Motonobu was born in 1505.
When did Okabe Motonobu die?
Okabe Motonobu died on 25 April 1581.
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Okabe Motonobu was a samurai and military commander.
What nationality was Okabe Motonobu?
Okabe Motonobu was Japanese.
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