As for his real mother, there are several theories: "Rokkaku Sasaki-shi keizuryaku" [Rokkaku Sasaki Family Tree Rough] and "the Azai family register of deaths" show it was Chiyozuru AZAI.
生母については、諸説があり『六角佐々木氏系図略』・「浅井過去帳」に浅井千代鶴とある。