Asai Nagamasa (浅井 長政) (1545 - August 28, 1573) was a son of Asai Hisamasa, from whom he inherited the lands of Omi. Nagamasa successfully battled both Rokkaku Yoshitaka and Saito Tatsuoki. Events February 27 - Battle of Ancrum Moor - Scots victory over superior English forces December 13 - Official opening of the Council of Trent (closed 1563) Battle of Kawagoe - between two branches of Uesugi families and the late Hojo clan in Japan. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... Events January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland. ... Azai Hisamasa (浅井 久政) (1524 - September 23, 1573) was a son of Azai Sukemasa and the second head of Azai clan. ... Categories: Japan geography stubs | Old provinces of Japan ... Rokkaku Yoshitaka (1521-1598) The son of Rokkaku Sadayori. ... Saito Tatsuoki (斎藤 龍興 Saitō Tatsuoki) (1548 - August 14, 1573) was a daimyo in Mino province during the Sengoku period. ...

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. Oda Nobunaga (織田 ä¿¡é•·  , June 23, 1534–June 21, 1582) was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. ... Oichi (sometimes spelt O-Ichi) or Ichi (お市) was born in 1547 during the Sengoku Period of Japanese history. ... The Asakura family (朝倉氏) was a line of daimyō (feudal lords) which, along with the Asai family, opposed Oda Nobunaga in the late 16th century. ... Mount Hiei (Jp. ... Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu The Tokugawa clan crest Tokugawa Ieyasu (previously spelled Iyeyasu); 徳川 家康 (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. ... The Battle of Anegawa (姉川の戦い) took place in Japan. ... Events January 23 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war February 25 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the bull Regnans in Excelsis May 20 - Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas. ...

In 1573, Oda laid siege to Nagamasa's castle at Odani. Nagamasa had no hope of winning, and chose to commit seppuku in exchange for the lives of his daughters. His only male heir, Manpukumaru, was put to the sword, and Oichi was allowed to return to the Oda clan with her surviving children. Events January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland. ... Seppuku with ritual attire and second (staged) General Akashi Gidayu preparing to commit Seppuku after losing a battle for his master in 1582. ...

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.

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Asai Nagamasa in Popular Culture

• 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 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. In the latter his story depicts him torn between duty, (as he was actually allied to both the Asakura and the Oda), honor, and love (of Oichi). In gameplay he is a particularly effective character due to his Normal moveset (allowing him a long string of attacks), one of his special abilities (the Wind element or that of his weapon applies to all attacks for a limited duration), and his Musou attack (where he repeatedly stabs ahead of him, though the direction thereof can be controlled; at level 3, the shockwaves would knock his opponent away but in a corner they bounce back into the attack, and in the Japanese version a glitch causes the level 3 effect to "reset," whenever he's moved, allowing far-higher combos).
• 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. He is portrayed as a justice loving man, much in vein of Ma Chao in Dynasty Warriors.

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