Azai Nagamasa
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Azai Nagamasa (浅井 長政 Azai Nagamasa) (1545 - August 28, 1573) was a son of Azai Hisamasa, from whom he inherited. Nagamasa successfully battled both Rokkaku Yoshitaka and Saito Tatsuoki.
He married Oda Nobunaga's sister Oichi but later joined the Asakura family and the monks of Mt. Hiei against Nobunaga. Nagamasa was defeated by Oda and Tokugawa Ieyasu at the battle of Anegawa in 1570.
In 1573, Oda laid siege to Nagamasa's castle at Odani. Unfortunately for Nagamasa, he was there at the time. He committed suicide and in exchange, Oda spared Nagamasa's family (which of course included his own sister-Oichi).
Three of Nagamasa's daughters are famous for marrying famous men. They were
- Chacha, or Yodo dono, second wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and mother of Hideyoshi's heir Hideyori
- Hatsu, wife of the sengoku daimyo Kyogoku Takatsugu
- Oeyo, or Sūgen'in, wife of the second Tokugawa shogun Hidetada and mother of his successor/son Iemitsu
Azai Nagamasa in Popular Culture
- Nagamasa (as Asai Nagamasa) makes appearances as a general in the Main Campaign and in various Historical Battles and Historical Campaigns in the PC game Shogun Total War (by Creative Assembly). (Shogun was re-released June 2006)
- Nagamasa returns as an Heir to the Asai Clan in the fan created Samurai Warlords Mod (aka the Shogun Mod) for Creative Assembly's PC game [[Medieval: Total War|Medieval Total War]]. ([[Medieval: Total War|Medieval]] was re-released June 2006)
- Nagamasa is an NPC in Sengoku Musou, but makes a playable debut in the sequel, Sengoku Musou 2. He wields an European-style lance. His voice actor is Hiroshi Kamiya, and in the Japanese version of Kessen III (in which Nagamasa also appears), he is also voiced by the same voice actor, much like Hikaru Midorikawa as Akechi Mitsuhide in both games.
- Nagamasa is slated as an NPC in the upcoming Sengoku Basara 2, along with Oichi. He wields a long sword. His voice actor there is Tsujitani Kouji.
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- The article incorporates text from OpenHistory.
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