Echigo Nagao Clan

…This was a rapid development that accompanied the rise in the status of the Uesugi clan within the Kamakura government. The clan developed into five branches: the Shirai Nagao clan of Kozuke, the Sosaga Nagao clan, the Ashikaga Nagao clan, the Inukake Nagao clan, and the Echigo Nagao clan. Each branch was in charge of managing the household affairs of the Uesugi clan as their head steward, and also served as the shugodai (military governor) of the clan's territorial provinces of Kozuke, Izu, and Musashi. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the Echigo Nagao clan is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…それは，鎌倉府内での上杉氏の地位の向上にともなう急速な発展であった。一族は，ほぼ上野の白井長尾氏，惣社長尾氏，足利長尾氏，犬懸長尾氏，越後長尾氏の5家にわかれて発展をとげた。それぞれ上杉氏の家宰として家政管理をつかさどるほか同氏の守護分国上野･伊豆･武蔵の守護代をつとめた。…

※「越後長尾氏」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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