Nagao clan (長尾氏, Nagao-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan. The Nagao clan descend from Taira no Yoshifumi, of the Kammu Heishi (Taira clan), and from the...

Nagao Kagetora (長尾 景虎, February 18, 1530 – April 19, 1578), later known as Uesugi Kenshin (上杉 謙信), was a Japanese daimyō. He was born in Nagao clan, and...

Ōgigayatsu branch allied themselves with the Ōta clan, while the Yamanouchi were aligned with the Nagao clan. While the Ōgigayatsu were less numerous than...

perhaps best known as the biological father of Nagao Kagetora, who would be adopted into the Uesugi clan as Uesugi Kenshin, and has become one of the most...

be Oda Nobuhide, the Oda clan of Owari Province. Oda clan Asakura clan Nagao clan Miyoshi clan Amago clan Saitō clan Jinbō clan [ja] "日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)「守護代」の解説"...

The Taira (平) was one of the four most important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period of Japanese history – the others being...

Nagao Masakage (長尾 政景, 1526 – August 11, 1564) was the head of the Ueda Nagao clan following the Sengoku period of the 16th century of Japan. "A Japanese...

of 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...

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...

Shinshū Murakami clan; famous for Murakami Yoshikiyo. Nagao clan (長尾氏) – descended from Kanmu Heishi; famous for Uesugi Kenshin. Nabeshima clan (鍋島氏) – cadet...