Q:Information:  - Azai Hisamasa (   Azai Hisamasa , 1526 -- September 23 , 1573 ) was a son of Azai Sukemasa and the second head of the Azai clan . Hisamasa became the head of the clan in 1542 after his father died , but unlike his father , he was never a strong leader . Losing domains against Rokkaku clan , he instead became a Rokkaku retainer . Hisamasa 's retainers had enough and after his son Azai Nagamasa won the Battle of Norada against a force at least twice the size of his led by Rokkaku Yoshikata to win back independence , they forced Hisamasa into retirement . Yet , this retirement was not complete and Hisamasa managed to hold some sway of the clan . This surfaced in 1570 after Oda Nobunaga who was allied with his son , Azai Nagamasa , attacked Asakura Yoshikage who had supported Hisamasa against enemies like the Rokkaku clan . Hating Nobunaga for his personality , Hisamasa demanded that the Azai clan pay back the support of Asakura clan and forced a war by breaking the alliance . It is thought that Nagamasa opposed him and believed that the alliance could somehow be mended over time since he refused to divorce his wife , Oichi , but he failed to gain enough support to overturn Hisamasa . On 1573 , Odani Castle was besieged by Nobunaga 's forces , and facing a loss Hisamasa committed seppuku .  - Early life and marriage. Azai Nagamasa was the son of Azai Hisamasa, from whom he inherited clan leadership in 1560. Hisamasa had been compelled to step down by many of his retainers in favor of his son, Nagamasa. Hisamasa retired, and would later commit suicide along with his son in August 1573. Nagamasa successfully battled both Rokkaku Yoshikata and Sait Tatsuoki between 1560 and 1564. He is remembered as being a capable commander of troops on the battlefield.  - The is a period in Japanese history marked by social upheaval, political intrigue and near-constant military conflict. Japanese historians named it after the otherwise unrelated Warring States period in China. It came to an end when all political power was unified under the Tokugawa shogunate.  - A was the military dictator of Japan during the period from 1185 to 1868 (with exceptions). In most of this period, the shoguns were the "de facto" rulers of the country; although nominally they were appointed by the Emperor as a ceremonial formality. The Shogun held almost absolute power over territories through military means. Nevertheless, an unusual situation occurred in the Kamakura period (11991333) upon the death of the first shogun, whereby the Hj clan's hereditary titles of "shikken" (1199-1256) and "tokus" (12561333) monopolized the shogunate as dictatorial positions, collectively known as the . The shogun during this 134-year period met the same fate as the Emperor and was reduced to a figurehead until a coup in 1333, when the Shogun was restored to power in the name of the Emperor.  - Life of struggle. The son of Rokkaku Sadayori, Yoshikata fought in many of the battles for control of the Kyoto area during this period. In 1549, he became allied with Hosokawa Harumoto against Miyoshi Chkei, and succeeded his father as head of the family in 1552. After a number of victories against the Miyoshi, the tides turned; Yoshikata and his Hosokawa allies in service of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru began to experience a string of defeats. In 1558, the shogun reconciled his differences with the Miyoshi clan, putting an end to the conflict.  - Sait Tatsuoki succeeded his father at the age of 19. He was, however, an incapable ruler; unlike his father and grandfather.   - Japan ("Nippon" or "Nihon" ; formally "" or "Nihon-koku", means "State of Japan") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland (east of China, Korea, Russia) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest.   - Name. In Japanese, the city has been called Ky, Miyako, or Ky no Miyako. In the 11th century, the city was renamed Kyoto ("capital city"), after the Chinese word for capital city, '. After the city of Edo was renamed Tokyo (meaning "Eastern Capital") in 1868, and the seat of the Emperor was transferred there, Kyoto was known for a short time as Saiky (meaning "Western Capital").  - The Battle of Norada was a battle of Japan's Sengoku period, fought between forces under Azai Nagamasa and Rokkaku Yoshikata in the year 1560.  - The was a Japanese samurai clan History. Founded by Sasaki Yasutsuna of mi province in the 13th century, the name Rokkaku was taken from their residence within Kyoto; however, many members of this family continued to be called Sasaki. Over the course of the Muromachi period, members of the clan held the high post of Constable ("shugo") of various provinces.  - Harumoto succeeded to a house at the age of seven, after his father's death in 1520. While still a minor, he was supported by his caretaker Miyoshi Motonaga.    Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'occupation' with the subject 'azai hisamasa'.  Choices: - emperor  - father  - leader  - military  - samurai  - sovereign
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samurai