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[[Image:Anayama_beisetsu.jpg||thumb|right| Anayama Genba no Kami Nobukimi.]]

[[Image:Anayama_beisetsu.jpg||thumb|right| Anayama Genba no Kami Nobukimi.]]

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 the son of [[Anayama Nobutomo]] and Takeda Shingen's older sister. He was married to [[Takeda Shingen|Takeda Shingen's]] daughter [[Kensho-in (Takeda)|Kenshô-in]] (his cousin) 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.  

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* Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005

* Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005

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