Asai clan
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The , sometimes written as Azai, was a line of daimyo (feudal lords) which, along with the Asakura family, opposed Oda Nobunaga in the late 16th century. They were defeated by Nobunaga at the battle of Anegawa in 1570, and all but eliminated when their home castle of Odani was taken three years later.
Asai of Note
- Asai Sukemasa - established Odani Castle in 1516
- Asai Hisamasa - son of Sukemasa, was defeated by the Sasaki
- Asai Nagamasa - son of Hisamasa, came into conflict with Oda Nobunaga and opposed him, entering an alliance with the Asakura family and the monks of Mt. Hiei; he was eventually defeated by Nobunaga in 1570. His daughters included Yodo-Dono (second wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and mother of Toyotomi Hideyori) and Oeyo (wife of Tokugawa Hidetada and mother of the third Tokugawa shogun Iemitsu).
References
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
- Turnbull, Stephen (2002). 'War in Japan: 1467-1615'. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
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