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Azai Sukemasa (浅井 亮政, 1491 – January 21, 1542) was the head of the Azai clan. Sukemasa was a retainer of the Kyōgoku clan but when the Kyōgoku clan declined for conflicts over the succession, the Azai clan came to power with Sukemasa as its daimyō.
Azai Nagamasa – son of Hisamasa, came into conflict with Oda Nobunaga and opposed him, entering an alliance with the Asakura clan and the monks of Mt. Hiei; he was defeated and forced to suicide by Nobunaga in 1573. He was married to Nobunaga's sister Oichi.
Dec 3, 2020 · Azai Sukemasa 1491-1542. Sukemasa was born to a common sake brewer who was a vassal of the Kyōgoku clan, which dominated northern Ōmi at that time. When an inheritance struggle broke out among the Kyōgoku, Sukemasa emerged as the leader.
Azai Sukemasa (浅井 亮政?, 1491 – January 21, 1546) built Odani Castle for the Azai clan, including his son Azai Hisamasa, to rule. Sukemasa was a former Samurai under the Kyōgoku clan, but he gradually increased his power under an internal struggle within the clan.
Although highly outnumbered, the Azai were able to defeat the Rokkaku, and Azai Katamasa changed his name to Azai Nagamasa. He then pursued an aggressive campaign to seize more of the Rokkaku territories in southern Ōmi and into Mino Province and with the increased power and prestige of the Azai clan, Odani Castle was also expanded ...
Summary. There is a theory that the Azai clan was a local ruling family and a descendent of a family, whose origin was gunji (a district manager) or in a similar social class in Omi Province, although the clan proclaimed that its honsei (original name) was of the Fujiwara clan.
Hisamasa AZAI was a Japanese military commander called busho during the Sengoku period (the Warring States period). He was the second head of the Azai clan, the warring lord of Omi Province, and the governor of Shimotsuke Province. He was the father of Nagamasa (賢政 Yoshimasa/Takamasa) AZAI.
