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| Anayama Nobukimi | |
| Born: | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Place of Birth: | Unknown |
| Died: | 1582 |
| Cause of Death: | Disputed |
| Place of Death: | Disputed |
| Style name: | 穴山 信君 |
| Served: | Takeda Tokugawa |
| Participation(s): | Battle of Kawanakajima (1561) Siege of Minowa Siege of Odawara Castle (1569) Battle of Mikatagahara Battle of Nagashino |
Anayama Nobukimi (穴山 信君), also known as Baisetsu was one of the Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda.
Biography[]
Anayama Nobukimi was the son of Anayama Nobutomo, and his mother was a daughter of Takeda Nobutora. Through these familial connections, Anayama was both a nephew and a brother-in-law of Takeda Shingen.[1]
During the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima, Anayama Nobukimi led a surprise assault that resulted in the destruction of Shibata Harunaga. This decisive strike forced the Uesugi troops into retreat, driving them back toward the Chikumagawa River.[2]
During his time as a retainer of the Takeda clan, Anayama Nobukimi participated in the Siege of Minowa as well as the 1569 Siege of Odawara. and was given Ejiri Castle in the Suruga province after its capture.[3]
Anayama Nobukimi fought in the Battle of Mikatagahara and also in the Battle of Nagashino, but Nobukimi would ally himself with Tokugawa Ieyasu after the events of Nagashino and would aid the Tokugawa in defeating Takeda Katsuyori. For this, Nobukimi was awarded a fief in Kai province.[4] Together with Tokugawa Ieyasu, Anayama Nobukimi visited Azuchi Castle to express gratitude to Oda Nobunaga for the territories granted to them following the conclusion of the eastern campaign.[5]
Anayama Nobukimi's death remains disputed. We see sources claiming that he may have been assassinated by old Takeda retainers in Kai province. Another source claims that during Tokugawa Ieyasu's escape from Sakai during the events of the Battle of Honnō-ji, Anayama took a different route back to Mikawa than Tokugawa's and was murdered along the way.[6][7]
Sources[]
- ↑ Samurai: The Code of the Warrior, Thomas Louis, Tommy Ito, p. 54
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 272
- ↑ Samurai: The Code of the Warrior, Thomas Louis, Tommy Ito, p. 54
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 29
- ↑ Jeroen Pieter Lamers, Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord, Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered, p. 214
- ↑ Ninja AD 1460 - 1650, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 11
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 29