Uesugi Kagetora

Japanese: 上杉景虎 - うえすぎかげとら

[Born] Tenbun 22 (1553). Odawara
[Died] March 24, 1579. Military commander in the Sengoku period in Echigo. Son of Hojo Ujiyasu. Childhood name was Kunimasumaru. Original name was Ujihide. Adopted by Takeda Shingen, but returned to Japan due to discord between the Takeda and Hojo. Then, in 1569, when Hojo Ujiyasu and Echigo Uesugi Kenshin made peace, he was adopted by Kenshin and changed his name to Kagetora after Kenshin's childhood name. After Kenshin's death in 1578, he fought for the family headship with Kenshin's adopted son Kagekatsu, and Kagetora stayed at Uesugi Norimasa's Kitakawa residence and asked Hojo Ujiyasu for reinforcements. Ujiyasu asked Takeda Katsuyori to send troops, but Kagekatsu contacted Katsuyori, who stopped supporting Kagetora. Kagetora was isolated and defeated, and fled to Samegao Castle in Echigo, where he committed suicide.

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Japanese:

[生]天文22(1553).小田原
[没]天正7(1579).3.24. 越後
戦国時代の武将。北条氏康の子。幼名は国増丸。初名は氏秀。武田信玄の養子となったが，武田，北条の不和により帰国。次いで永禄 12 (1569) 年，北条氏康と越後上杉謙信和睦のとき，謙信の養子となり，謙信の幼名を受けて景虎と改名。天正6 (78) 年謙信の死後，同じく謙信の養子景勝と家督を争い，景虎は上杉憲政の北河館に拠り，北条氏政に援軍を求めた。氏政は武田勝頼に出兵を求めたが，景勝が勝頼に通じ，勝頼は景虎援助を中止したため，景虎は孤立して敗退し，越後鮫ヶ尾城に逃れて自害した。

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