Career
He was the father of the famous Takeda Shingen, who was originally named Harunobu, along with two other sons, Nobushige and Nobukado. Nobutora nevertheless wished to pass on his domain to Nobushige, and so Harunobu overthrew his father and exiled him to Suruga. Nobutora was also a previous owner of a famous sword named "Soza Samonji" (宗三左文字), although he gave that sword to Imagawa Yoshimoto as a gift to secure an alliance.
After Yoshimoto"s death at the Okehazama, the sword came into possession of Oda Nobunaga.
After the Incident of Honnoji, Toyotomi Hideyoshi recovered the sword whom he later gave to Tokugawa Ieyasu as a gift. The sword is currently a Cultural Properties of Japan
Sons:
Takeda Shingen (1521-1573)
Takeda Nobushige (1525-1561)
Takeda Nobukado (1529-1582).