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...

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...

Uesugi Norimasa (上杉 憲政, 1523 – April 13, 1579) was a daimyō of feudal Japan from Yamanouchi branch Uesugi clan and held the post of Kantō Kanrei, the shōgun's...

1454 with the assassination of Uesugi Noritada by Kantō kubō Ashikaga Shigeuji. The Ashikaga, Uesugi, and other clans then leapt to battle, either defending...

name of the place. The Nagao were the Kasai (Head retainers) of the Uesugi clan, and were the Shugodai (vice-Governors) of Echigo, Kozuke, and Musashi...

lord of the Uesugi clan, made a reprisal against the Takeda clan in 1415. This reprisal began a rivalry between the Uesugi and Takeda clans which would...

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...

city. Tsutsui clan (筒井氏) – descended from Fujiwara clan; famous for Tsutsui Junkei. Uesugi clan (上杉氏) – descended from Fujiwara Hokke. Uesugi family of Inukake...

Japanese samurai clan Uesugi Akisada, (1454–1510), a samurai of the Uesugi clan Uesugi Harunori (1751–1822), a Japanese daimyō Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556–1623)...

Uesugi clan to regain Kawagoe Castle from the Later Hōjō clan in the Sengoku period of Japan. Uesugi Tomosada of the Ogigayatsu branch of the Uesugi clan...

while Uesugi Kenshin was camped just east of the Zenkō-ji temple, which provided him an excellent view of the plain. However, the Kurita clan, allies...

that time by the Uesugi clan. The Date established themselves at Sendai (620,000 koku). By 1658, Masamune changed the name of the Uesugi's castle at Iwatezawa...

dubbed as the Tenshō-Jingo war broke out between the Tokugawa clan, Uesugi clan, and Hōjō clan. Hanzō participated in this conflict on the side of Tokugawa...

when he was fifteen years old, facing Uesugi Tomooki of the Ōgigayatsu Uesugi clan (扇谷上杉家) at the Battle of Ozawahara in 1530. Upon his father's death in...

1600, at Siege of Hasedō against Mogami clan and Date clan. He was center garrison of Uesugi forces, after Uesugi failed, Toshimasu was appointed to lead...

was the primary fortress of the warlord Uesugi Kenshin, and was originally built and ruled by the Nagao clan. It is listed as one of Japan's Top 100 Castles...

Kawaharada-Honma. Those two branches eventually prevailed over the head clan and opposed each other. Uesugi Kenshin, ruler of the Echigo Province at the time, settled...

The Yonezawa Domain Uesugi clan cemetery (米沢藩主上杉家墓所, Yonezawa-han-shu Uesugi-ke bosho) is located in the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata. The cemetery contains...

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...

with Hatakeyama Yoshitaka, a puppet ruler. In response, Uesugi Kenshin, the head of the Uesugi clan, mobilized an army and lead them into Noto against Shigetsura...

Parents and siblings Father: Ashikaga Sadauji (足利 貞氏; 1273–1331) Mother: Uesugi Kiyoko (上杉 清子; 1270–1343) Siblings: Half-siblings: Ashikaga Takayoshi (足利高義;...

branch of the Uesugi clan under Uesugi Sadamasa. Sadamasa was the Kanto-Kanrei for the Ashikaga. Dokan built Edo Castle on the site. The Edo clan then moved...

dismiss most of Uesugi clan's vassals despite the clan's massive reductions of koku revenue from their domains control, unlike the Mōri clan, which instead...

skillful political maneuvers amidst the powerful Tokugawa, Hojō and Uesugi clans. Known for having defeated the powerful Tokugawa army in the Battle of...

between stronger daimyōs such as the Uesugi clan, the Later Hōjō clan, and the Tokugawa clan. Eventually, the Sanada clan became a vassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi...

Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Yonezawa Castle was home to the Uesugi clan, daimyō of Yonezawa Domain. The first castle on this site dates to the...

Uesugi Sadazane (上杉定実, 1478–1550) was a Japanese samurai daimyō of the Muromachi period. He was shugo or military governor of Echigo Province. Uesugi...

son in childhood, so their second son, Kagekatsu, was adopted into the Uesugi clan, as reportedly were their daughters. Aya-Gozen moved to Kasugayama Castle...

the Nagao clan, which was under control by the famed Uesugi Kenshin. After Shibata Shigeie died during the year of 1587, the Shibata clan attempted to...