| Anayama was married to [[Takeda Shingen|Takeda Shingen's]] daughter and is remembered as being one of 'Shingen's Twenty-Four Generals', serving at the [[Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima]] ([[1561]]) and [[Battle of Mikatagahara|Mikatagahara]] ([[1572]]), among many other frays. Anayama was given a castle and land in [[Suruga province]] after it was taken in [[1569]], and remained there for a decade. He maintained an important place in the [[Takeda clan|Takeda]] hierarchy under Shingen's son [[Takeda Katsuyori|Katsuyori]], and led a large body of troops at [[Battle of Nagashino|Nagashino]] in [[1575]]. He appears to have had some falling out with Katsuyori, and this may have influenced his decision to betray the Takeda clan and join [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] even before the issue was decided. His change of allegiance was fleeting, however. Just a few months later, he accompanied Tokugawa to the capital region and was forced to flee when [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] rebelled. He took a different route home than Ieyasu and the others, and was killed ''(see also: [[Hattori Hanzo]])''. One legend has it that vengeful Takeda men had done the deed, having tracked Anayama for weeks. | | Anayama was married to [[Takeda Shingen|Takeda Shingen's]] daughter and is remembered as being one of 'Shingen's Twenty-Four Generals', serving at the [[Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima]] ([[1561]]) and [[Battle of Mikatagahara|Mikatagahara]] ([[1572]]), among many other frays. Anayama was given a castle and land in [[Suruga province]] after it was taken in [[1569]], and remained there for a decade. He maintained an important place in the [[Takeda clan|Takeda]] hierarchy under Shingen's son [[Takeda Katsuyori|Katsuyori]], and led a large body of troops at [[Battle of Nagashino|Nagashino]] in [[1575]]. He appears to have had some falling out with Katsuyori, and this may have influenced his decision to betray the Takeda clan and join [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] even before the issue was decided. His change of allegiance was fleeting, however. Just a few months later, he accompanied Tokugawa to the capital region and was forced to flee when [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] rebelled. He took a different route home than Ieyasu and the others, and was killed ''(see also: [[Hattori Hanzo]])''. One legend has it that vengeful Takeda men had done the deed, having tracked Anayama for weeks. |