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BlackKite	Apr 11 2006, 04:59 AM
東方星蓮船 ~ Undefined Fantastic Object. Posts: 4,023 Group: Admins Member #38 Joined: August 26, 2005 Gender Male	上杉謙信 Uesugi Kenshin 1530 - 1578 Daimyo of Echigo. Known as 越後の龍 Echigo no Ryu (Dragon of Echigo) and 軍神 Gunshin (God of Army). Originally from the 長尾 Nagao clan, with the name 長尾景虎 Nagao Kagetora. Child name, 虎千代 Torachiyo. Son of 長尾為景 Nagao Tamekage. Kagetora became the head of the clan in 1547 after defeating his brother 長尾晴景 Nagao Harukage in a civil war. In 1551, 上杉憲政 Uesugi Norimasa, the daimyo of Uesugi at the time, was defeated by the Hojo and fled to Echigo to seek shelter and support from Kagetora. He accepted, with the condition that Kagetora would be adopted to the Uesugi clan. The next year, he was approached by Ogasawara Nagatoki and 村上義清 Murakami Yoshikiyo, lords in Shinano who had just been defeated by Takeda Shingen. The two asked Kagetora for assistance and since he was worried about Shingen's northern campaigns as well, he accepted gladly. This resulted in five battles at Kawanakajima (1553, 1555, 1557, 1561, and 1564), the most famous was the fourth, where he and Shingen met and exchanged blows. In 1559, Kenshin went to visit the Ashikaga Shogun and take Buddhist vows. It was this time that he used the name Kenshin. Since he had took Buddhist vows, he was never married. Hence, there is a speculation that Kenshin was actually a woman. In the same year, the Uesugi finally went to war with the Hojo, and the former army were able to seize many of the latter's castles. However they were unable to take Hojo's main castle, Odawara, at the time, so they ended the campaign and retreated. Kenshin later played upon the in-fighting between the 神保 Jinbou and Shiina clans in Etchu and in the end, the Uesugi seized the territory of both clans, conquering Etchu. He also declared war with the 芦名 Ashina to the north. When Shingen died in 1573, Kenshin is said to have wept for the loss of the great rival. Kenshin had formerly allied with the Oda clan against the Takeda but he later called up a truce with the heir to the Takeda, 勝頼 Katsuyori, and instead turned his attention towards the Oda. Kenshin took Noto and Kaga provinces from the 畠山 Hatakeyama, a clan which was Oda's vassal, and beat the Oda army itself at Tedorigawa in 1577. Before he could launch further attacks on the Oda however, Kenshin died in the next year, probably due to stomach cancer because he was very fond of drink. Since Kenshin had no sons, he selected 景勝 Kagekatsu, his nephew, and 景虎 Kagetora, adopted from the Hojo to the Uesugi, as heirs. However in the future, a civil war between the two of them occured, known as 御館の乱 Otate no Ran, which ended with the death of Kagetora, and Kagekatsu becoming Daimyo of Uesugi. Sengoku Musou (1,2), Sengoku Basara (1,2)


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