Aki Province
There are two theories about the father : one says that Takeda Nobushige († 1541) was his father, and the other says that Takeda Shigekiyo (†1541), the father of Nobushige, was his father. In 1541, when the Aki Takeda were destroyed by Mori Motonari, he was taken away by faithful vassals and put in a safe place in Ankokuji Temple in Aki Province. He became a Rinzai Buddhist monk, and a diplomat of Mōri clan.