Why Is Sanada Yukimura Important

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The most famous person of the Sanada clan would be Sanada Yukimura a samurai of the Sengoku period. He was a great samurai, but why was he important ? The way he died interested me. When I looked him up a lot of video games popped up. I thought he must be important to be in so many games. Sanada parents were Sanada Masayuki and Kansho-in. He died when he was forty-nine. The Sanada’s family crest is made of six Japanese coins. Even Though he died protecting the Osaka castle, Sanada Yukimura was important because he came from an important clan and fought in one of the most important battles in history the Battle of Sekigahara. Yukimura came from a long line of Samurai from the Sanada family, which was well respected for their wisdom …show more content…
“This war happened because of Toyotomi Hideyoshi‘s death”(Samurai-Archives.com). They didn't have to go to war if they had just signed an agreement to rule together like how one would rule the north and one would rule the south. They didn't have to fight and kill thousands of people because they were soldiers.”Ishida Mitsunami led the western army and Tokugawa Ieyasu led most of the eastern army”(Britannica.com). This war ended badly and killed thousands of people.”Ishido had lost about 32,000 and Mitsunari had loss much fewer”(Britannica.com). It sounded like Ishido had loss the war. Lots of men died because of this war and they still haven’t found a ruler to rule all of Japan. So they went to war to find a ruler, but they didn't end finding one. So the war was a …show more content…
“It was fourteen years after the War of Sekigahara” and “Hideyoshi didn’t want to fight to Tokugawa so he stayed guard at Osaka Castle”(Samurai-Archives.com). They could have made something like Hideyoshi is the boss of Osaka Castle but Toyotomi still rules over him because they did not have to burn down the castle. What was the point of wanting the power of the castle and burning it down. Lots of people died such as Sanada Yukimura.He died of decapitation. The winter siege ended because Hideyoshi mother wanted to have a settlement and Hideyoshi followed his mother's wishes. The summer siege happened a year later. ”It started because Tokugawas son started to destroy the outer edges of the castle, by orders from his father”(Samurai-archives.com). Like seriously Tokugawa signed a treaty for peace yet he still tells his son to attack. Like what was the point in signing the treaty if you break it. There were years of peace.So that was why the siege was important and was useless. The clan Sanada Yukimura was important because they were part of ‘Takeda's army. One of the most important battles in history, the “Battles of Sekigahara” was fought while Sanada Yukimura was a general in Takeda’s army leading his clan. Unfortunately, his leadership ended when he died protecting the Osaka castle at age forty-nine. He died from being decapitated which meant he was honored. If you were decapitated it meant

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