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 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...

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...

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...

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

first samurai to rise to the rank of sengoku daimyo during this period. Uesugi Kenshin was examples of Shugodai (守護代, deputy Shugo) who became sengoku daimyo...

(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...

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...

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...