The Asai family (浅井氏, Asai-shi^?), 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. Daimyo Matsudaira Katamori visits the residence of a retainer. ... 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. ... Oda Nobunaga Oda Nobunaga (織田 ä¿¡é•· â–¶ (help· info), June 23, 1534 - June 21, 1582) was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. ... 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. ...

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).

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References

• Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
• Turnbull, Stephen (2002). 'War in Japan: 1467-1615'. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.