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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

conflict was sparked by a punitive expedition led by Ieyasu against the Uesugi clan in the northeastern Tōhoku region, providing Mitsunari with an opportunity...

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...

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...

the help of various supporters and led them northward to attack the Uesugi clan. However, many of them were at that moment besieging Hasedō. Ishida Mitsunari...

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...

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...

Uesugi Tomosada, of the Ōgigayatsu Uesugi clan and the eldest legitimate son of Uesugi Tomooki, attempted to regain Kawagoe Castle for the Uesugi clan...

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

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...

actions of the Uesugi clan against the allies of the Tokugawa during the lead-up to the climactic Battle of Sekigahara. Following the Uesugi clan's surrender...

undertaken by the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction. Divided into two stages (winter campaign and summer...

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...

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...

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 Tomosada (上杉朝定; 1525 – 1546), also known as Ōgigayatsu Tomosada (扇ヶ谷朝定), was a samurai commander of the Ōgigayatsu branch of the Uesugi clan around...

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...

marked the beginning of a seventeen-year struggle between the Hōjō clans and Uesugi clans for dominance of the Kantō. Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai...