Something bugs me - was Takeda Shingen the Napoleon of Japan?

[Marshall Louis-Nicolas Davout]

There have been a lot of discolorations on whether famous Generals were good or not.

But could you compare Takeda Shingen as the Napoleon of Japan?

[econ21]

I am going to move this to the Monastery, as it seems to be more about history than STW2.

[Arjos]

Administratively speaking I think they can be compared, but I believe Shingen relied a lot more on his generals than Napoleon...

[Marshall Louis-Nicolas Davout]

Administratively speaking I think they can be compared, but I believe Shingen relied a lot more on his generals than Napoleon...

No,Both generals would have relied on their generals.Otherwise how would they have won?

[Arjos]

I meant on a strategic/planning level Shingen would leave far more independence to his generals...

Also imo the Takeda guntai was outdated imo, if instead of facing the Oda-Tokugawa straightaway after gaining Suruga, they could have exploited the sea-routes and advance technologically...

[Koga No Goshi]

I would say Oda Nobunaga or Toyotomi Hideyoshi were much better comparisons to Napoleon than Takeda Shingen. They were the two that everyone had to go "hey wait... we really gotta all work together or this guy's going to take over everything" about. Takeda's neighbors to an extent had to do this but that was pretty true of every other regional power.