Chronicles of the Three Generations of the Asai Family

Japanese: 浅井三代記 - あさいさんだいき

This is a record of the rise and fall of the three generations of Azai, Sukemasa, Hisamasa, and Nagamasa, who ruled the Kohoku region from their base at Odani Castle in Omi Province during the Sengoku period. The author was the monk Yuzan (Yuzan) of Kinomoto Joshin-ji Temple in Ika County. It was presented to the lord of Kaga Domain at the end of the Kanbun period, via the Okumura clan, a senior retainer of the Maeda clan, and was published in one set of 15 volumes. Much of the content is fictional war tales, so it has little historical value. It seems to have been widely read during the Edo period, and is quoted in various genealogical records, so caution is required. Included in the Revised and Enlarged Collections of Historical Documents. [Hosomizo Norihiko]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

戦国時代に近江国小谷（おだに）城を本拠として江北を支配した浅井亮政（すけまさ）･久政･長政3代の興亡を記した記録。著者は伊香郡木之本浄信寺の僧遊山(雄山)。寛文末年に前田家老臣奥村氏を経て加賀藩主に献上され，1部15巻として版行された。内容は架空の軍談が多く史料的価値は低い。江戸時代広く読まれたらしく各種の系図記録に引用されているので注意が必要である。《改定史籍集覧》《新訂増補史籍集覧》所収。【細溝典彦】

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