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Uesugi Kenshin

Also called: Nagao Kagetora

Sengoku daimyo of Echigo (today Niigata), born Nagao Kagetora, who inherited the Uesugi name and the office of Kantō kanrei in 1561 and fought Takeda Shingen five times at Kawanakajima

Son of Nagao Tamekage, deputy governor of Echigo, he took over the house from his brother in 1548. Sheltering the fugitive Kantō kanrei Uesugi Norimasa, he inherited his name and office in 1561. He fought Takeda Shingen five times at Kawanakajima over northern Shinano and campaigned repeatedly in the Kantō against the Hōjō. Advancing into Noto in 1577, he beat an Oda army at the Tedori River, but died suddenly at Kasugayama Castle the next year. A devotee of Bishamonten, he bore the character “Bi” on his banner.

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    1553 – 1564Battles of Kawanakajimacommander

    Takeda Shingen of Kai and Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo fought five times between 1553 and 1564 over the Kawanakajima plain in northern Shinano. The fiercest was the fourth battle in 1561, but neither side won a decision.

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  • Takeda Shingen1521 – 1573

    Sengoku daimyo of Kai (today Yamanashi), born Harunobu, who conquered Shinano, fought Uesugi Kenshin at Kawanakajima and in 1572 marched west and routed the Tokugawa, but died of illness on campaign

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