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MUROGA Masatake was one of the rulers of Northern Shinano (current Nagano) and served MORI Nagayoshi, one of the vassals of ODA Nobunaga after the fall of the Takeda clan. After Nobunaga was killed in the Honnoji Temple, the local rulers in Northern Shinano includes his rival SANADA Masayuki served the Hojo clan but he didn't. In 1583, he fought over the territory against Masayuki. Though they became reconciled to each other, he communicated secretly with TOKUGAWA Ieyasu and was ordered to kill Masayuki. But on the contrary, he was betrayed by his vassal and killed by Masayuki in Ueda Castle. His brothers served Ieyasu later.
In this drama, he regards Masayuki as rival and opposes him. When SANADA Nobuyuki, heir of Masayuki speaks at the council held by local rulers, he always says, "Damare, kowappa!" that means "Shut up, kid!" (*) He is proposed to rule both Shinano and Kozuke (current Gunma) by local rulers only and agrees with him but becomes to oppose him who actually leads the rulers. HONDA Masanobu, who intends to assasinate Masayuki advises his lord Tokugawa Ieyasu to win Masatake over to his side. On the day of the wedding of SANADA Nobushige and Ume, he is killed by Masayuki who forestalls him and IDEURA Masasuke.
（*）The words become very popular in Japan.
The image shows Masahiko Nishimura as Muroga Masatake (From a DVD of Sanada Maru)
