1578), later known as Uesugi Kenshin (上杉 謙信), was a Japanese daimyō. He was born in Nagao clan, and after adoption into the Uesugi clan, ruled Echigo Province...

Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Kagetora’s brother in law. Kagekatsu was the son of Nagao Masakage, the head of the Ueda Nagao clan and husband of Uesugi Kenshin's...

between Takeda Shingen of Kai Province and Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo Province from 1553 to 1564. Shingen and Kenshin contested each other for control of the...

sengoku daimyo; these included Hōjō Sōun (the first to do so), and Uesugi Kenshin, a Shugodai (守護代, deputy Shugo) who attained power by weakening and...

Its most well-known member is the warlord Uesugi Kenshin (1530–1578). During the Edo period, the Uesugi were a tozama or outsider clan, in contrast...

Uesugi Kagetora (上杉 景虎, 1552 – April 19, 1579) was the seventh son of Hōjō Ujiyasu; known as Hōjō Saburō, he was adopted by Uesugi Kenshin, and was meant...

Female Uesugi Kenshin Theory (上杉謙信女性説) is a hypothesis proposed by novelist Tomeo Yagiri [ja] in 1968, suggesting that Uesugi Kenshin, the daimyo of Echigo...

Kenshin (緋村 剣心), the main character of Rurouni Kenshin Kenshin Dragon Quest: Yomigaerishi Densetsu no Ken, a Dragon Quest video-game Uesugi Kenshin (上杉...

was the adoptive father of Uesugi Kenshin, one of the most famous warlords in Japanese history. Norimasa is son of Uesugi Norifusa, he was only three...

famous for his strategies of breaking the siege from Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin. A son of Hōjō Ujitsuna (北条 氏綱), his only known wife was Imagawa Yoshimoto's...

(甲斐の虎) for his martial prowess on the battlefield. His primary rival, Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信), was often called "The Dragon of Echigo" (越後の龍) or also "The...

between the forces of Oda Nobunaga against Uesugi Kenshin. This was destined to be Kenshin's last great battle. Kenshin tricked Nobunaga into launching a frontal...

Best Actor in Fly Me to the Saitama, and TV series most notably as Uesugi Kenshin in the NHK drama Fūrin Kazan. He also performed live in theatre stage...

Jōetsu, Niigata prefecture. It was the primary fortress of the warlord Uesugi Kenshin, and was originally built and ruled by the Nagao clan. It is listed...

of Uesugi Kagetora, also referred to as Kakeiin, and as the niece of the famed Uesugi Kenshin. She was the daughter of Aya-Gozen and sister of Uesugi Kagekatsu...

period. She was the half-sister of Japanese warlord Uesugi Kenshin. She was also the mother of Uesugi Kagekatsu and the first wife of Nagao Masakage. Aya...

first as a koshō (小姓) to Uesugi Kenshin. After Kenshin had died, he served as Karō to Kagekatsu, the adopted son of Kenshin. Kanetsugu's brother, Ōkuni...

In the 1561 siege of Odawara, a battle of Japan's Sengoku period, Uesugi Kenshin attacked Odawara castle. This was the first of several sieges which would...

Uesugi Kagenobu (上杉 景信, ? – July 15, 1578) was an Uesugi general, samurai, and related to Uesugi Kenshin; both of them come from the Nagao clan. He lived...

death of Uesugi Kenshin. Kenshin had requested that the inheritance be split between his nephew, Uesugi Kagekatsu, and his adopted son Uesugi Kagetora...

his son Takeda Shingen. Yoshikiyo was also a very close ally under Uesugi Kenshin and one of Shingen's bitterest opponents for his high kill-counts in...

alongside Kenshin Uesugi. The female character Naoe Ai from the eroge Sengoku Rance is based on him. She is the strategist of Uesugi Kenshin. Kanetsugu...

the location of Kasugayama Castle, home of the Sengoku period daimyō, Uesugi Kenshin Yoneyama - a sacred mountain on the border of Joetsu and neighboring...

(Uesugi Kenshin) and Aya-Gozen. Nagao Harukage (1509-1553), Uesugi Kenshin's older brother, and successor to his father Nagao Tamekage in 1536. Uesugi...

between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen during the final years of the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan . During the year of 1571, the famed Uesugi Kenshin...

The siege of Nanao was one of many sieges undertaken by Uesugi Kenshin, an Uesugi clan daimyō of Japan's Sengoku period. The castle of Nanao, which was...

and adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin Uesugi Kenshin (1530–1578), a daimyō who ruled Echigo province in the Sengoku period of Japan Uesugi Mochinori (1844–1919)...

and Uesugi Kenshin. He asked the Abbot for aid, and Kōsa persuaded the Ikkō sectarians (also called monto) in Kaga Province to rise up against Uesugi Kenshin...

Nagao Harukage (長尾 晴景, 1509 – March 23, 1553) was Uesugi Kenshin's older brother, and successor to his father Nagao Tamekage in 1536. It would seem that...

Niigata, Japan. The site is located on a 227-meter mountain. Young Uesugi Kenshin spent five years in the castle. The exact date of the castle's foundation...