When her father Nagamasa and her grandfather Hisamasa AZAI killed themselves, Sugen-in escaped from the castle together with her mother Ichi, elder sisters Yodo-dono and Joko-in, and they were protected by Nobunaga.
父・長政、祖父・浅井久政が自刃すると母・市、姉・淀殿、常高院とともに城を逃れ信長に保護される。