Editing Azai Sukemasa

{{Short description|Daimyo of the Sengoku period}}
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{{Infobox noble
|name=Azai Sukemasa
|native_name=浅井 亮政
|birth_date=1491
|death_date=January 21, 1542
|title=[[Daimyo]]
|noble family={{Unbulleted list|[[Kyōgoku clan|Kyōgoku]]|[[Azai]]}}
|house-type=Japanese clan
}}
{{family name hatnote|Azai|lang=Japanese}}
{{nihongo|'''Azai Sukemasa'''|浅井 亮政||1491 – January 21, 1542}} was the [[Sengoku era]] head of the Azai clan.<ref name=kotobank/> 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]].<ref name=kotobank>{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B5%85%E4%BA%95%E4%BA%AE%E6%94%BF-24961|title=Azai Sukemasa|publisher=koobank|language=ja|access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref>

After Sukemasa died, his son [[Azai Hisamasa]] became the head of the clan in 1542, but unlike his father, he was never a strong leader. Losing domains against [[Rokkaku clan]], he instead became a Rokkaku retainer.

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