Takeda clan

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Takeda clan 武田
The emblem (mon) of the Takeda clan
Home province	Kai
Parent house	Minamoto clan (源氏)
Titles	Various
Founder	Minamoto no Yoshikiyo
Final ruler	Takeda Katsuyori
Current head	None
Founding year	12th century
Ruled until	1582, defeat by Oda Nobunaga
Cadet branches	Aki Takeda Wakasa Takeda Kazusa Takeda Matsumae clan Nanbu clan Yonekura clan Yanagisawa clan Gotō clan Ogasawara clan Miyoshi clan Akiyama clan

The Takeda Clan (武田氏, Takeda-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan active from the late Heian period until the late 16th century. The clan was historically based in Kai Province in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture.^[1][2] The clan reached its greatest influence under the rule of Takeda Shingen, one of the most famous rulers of the period.