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Amari Torayasu 甘利虎泰(d. 1548) was one of Takeda Shingen's top generals in the mid-16th century, and served Shingen's father, Takeda Nobutora as well. He was killed in action at the battle of Uedahara in 1548. Events Mary I of Scotland sent to France Births September 2 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616) September 29 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626) Francesco Andreini, Italian actor (died 1624) Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, and occultist (burned at the stake) 1600 (died 1600) Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Twenty-Four Generals (武田二十四将) were just one of many historically famous groupings of battle commanders from Japans Sengoku Period. ... Takeda Nobutora (武田信虎)(1493-1573) was a Japanese feudal lord (daimyo) who controlled the Province of Kai, and fought in a number of battles of the Sengoku period. ... The Battle of Uedahara took place in 1548. ... Events Mary I of Scotland sent to France Births September 2 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616) September 29 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626) Francesco Andreini, Italian actor (died 1624) Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, and occultist (burned at the stake) 1600 (died 1600) Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general...


Reference

  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.

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Amari Torayasu was a retainer of Takeda Nobutora and later Takeda Shingen.
I know nothing of Amari Torayasu's armour and appearance; the figure used is a mounted bow-wielding samurai made by Irregular Miniatures.
Amari Torayasu "in the middle of the pack", which I suppose is quite descriptive of his career as well.
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