Anayama Yoshitake

Anayama Yoshitake, first named Norinobu, was a son of the Kai governor Takeda Nobutake and is counted as the founder of the Anayama clan. He settled at Anayama in Koma District of Kai Province and took the place name as his family name.

The Taiheiki records that in 1359 he accompanied the Zen monk Hatakeyama Dōsei up to Kyoto with his elder brother Takeda Nobunari. Having no son of his own, he was succeeded by his grandnephew Anayama Mitsuharu, born Takeda Nobumoto.