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The Uesugi clan (上杉氏, Uesugi-shi, historically also Uyesugi) is a Japanese samurai clan which was at its peak one of the most powerful during the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (14th to 17th centuries). [1]
Nagao Tamekage, Uesugi Kenshin, Uesugi Kagekatsu National Historic Site of Japan Kasugayama Castle ( 春日山城 , Kasugayama-jō ) is a Sengoku period yamashiro -style Japanese castle located in the Nakayashiki neighborhood of the city of Jōetsu , Niigata prefecture .
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In 1559, Kenshin was pushed once again by Uesugi Norimasa to take control of the Kantō back from the Hōjō, and in 1560 he was able to comply.In August of the same year, he put southern Echigo under control of a five-man council for broad mobilization, as well formed a small investigative council for any kind of unrest. [2]
Kakizaki Kageie (柿崎景家, 1513? – 1575) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Uesugi clan of Echigo Province. He was one of the most important and well known generals of Uesugi Kenshin. [1] [2] He earned a reputation for being an extremely ferocious warrior like Kato Kiyomasa and the like.
Nagao Kagetora (長尾 景虎, February 18, 1530 – April 19, 1578 [1]), later known as Uesugi Kenshin (上杉 謙信), was a Japanese daimyō.He was born in Nagao clan, [2] and after adoption into the Uesugi clan, ruled Echigo Province in the Sengoku period of Japan. [3]
Later, the Uesugi attacked and burned Tsurugaoka Hachimangū in Kamakura, which was a major loss to the Hōjō symbolically, because the earlier Hōjō clan from which they took their name fell in the Siege of Kamakura (1333). [1] (Ujitsuna soon started rebuilding Tsurugaoka Hachimangū and was completed in 1540. [1])
After Uesugi forces failed, Maeda Toshimasu was appointed to lead the Uesugi rear guard during the retreat. Later, an army from the Hasedo castle garrison charged north and then began attacking the retreating Uesugi's forces. Rusu Masakage pushed on towards the Uesugi main camp, and Kanetsugu made preparations to withdraw to the southwest.