Anayama Nobukimi

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Anayama Baisetsu

Anayama Nobukimi ( Japanese 穴 山 信 君 ; * 1541 ; † June 21, 1582 ), also known as Baisetsu Nobukimi , was a samurai of the Sengoku period . He was one of the 24 generals of the Takeda (clan) . He was the son of Anayama Nobutomo and a nephew of Takeda Shingen .

He fought for his uncle in the battle of Kawanakajima (1561), the battle of Mikatagahara (1573), and the battle of Nagashino before defection to Tokugawa Ieyasu , after which he supported him in the campaign against his former master Takeda Katsuyori . As a reward he received a fief from Tokugawa in the province of Kai , the heartland of his old feudal lord, but a short time later he was murdered by sympathizers of the Takeda for his betrayal.

He was given a castle at Ejiri and land in Suruga Province after Takeda Shingen had captured it in 1569, and stayed there for a decade. Under Takeda Katsuyori , he initially remained an important decision maker in the Takeda hierarchy, and led large units into the Battle of Nagashino in 1575. It appears that he fell out with Katsuyori (disagreement), and this may have influenced his decision to take the Takeda to betray and join Tokugawa Ieyasu before the winner could be foreseen. His change of loyalty was, however, precipitate. Only 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 than the others and was killed. Legend has it that Takeda hungry for revenge would have hunted him for weeks and eventually murdered him. He had a son, Anayama Nobukimi, who was only 15 years old, from 1572 to 1587.

literature

  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook . London: Cassell & Co.

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Anayama is the family name, Nobukimi the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Anayama, Nobukimi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 穴 山 信 君 (Japanese); Baisetsu Nobukimi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Samurai of the Sengoku period
DATE OF BIRTH 1541
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 1582