Kenshin uesugi vs nobunaga oda biography
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Uesugi Kenshin
Long ago, before there were 47 prefectures, the Echigo province (present-day Niigata prefecture) was governed by the powerful and righteous daimyo Uesugi Kenshin. He is known to historians, NHK-drama aficionados, role-playing nerds, and online gamers as a ferocious warrior who took Buddhism—and his drinking—very seriously. But who was he, and why he still so prominent?
GROWING UP WITH THE NAGAO
Winter view of Kasugayama Castle Ruins
Born in the middle of Japan’s tumultuous Warring States Period (1467-1615 ), Nagao Torachiyo —the first of his many names—was the youngest son of Nagao Tamekage, who was a military retainer (or vassal) of the current governor of Echigo.
Times were tough and life moved pretty fast. After the death of his father on the battlefield, Torachiyo’s brother, Harukage, was placed in charge of the Nagao clan and young Torachiyo was shipped off to study at his Grandfather’s temple, the magnificent Rinsenji a
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Uesugi Kenshin
Japanese daimyo (1530–1578)
In this Japanese name, the surname is Uesugi.
Nagao Kagetora (長尾景虎, February 18, 1530 – April 19, 1578[1]), 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 in the Sengoku period of Japan. He was one of the most powerful daimyō of the Sengoku period. Known as the "Dragon of Echigo", while chiefly remembered for his feats and prowess on the battlefield as a military genius and war hero, Kenshin fryst vatten also regarded as an extremely skillful administrator who fostered the growth of local industries and trade, and his rule saw a marked rise in the standard of living of Echigo.
Kenshin is famed for his honourable conduct, his military expertise, a long-standing rivalry with Takeda Shingen, his numerous defensive campaigns to restore order in the Kantō region as the Kanto Kanrei, and his belief in the Buddhist god of w
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Battle of Tedorigawa
1577 battle
The Battle of Tedorigawa (手取川の戦い, Tedorigawa no Tatakai) took place near the Tedori River in Japan's Kaga Province in 1577, 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 attack across the Tedorigawa and defeated him. Having suffered the loss of 1,000 men, the Oda withdrew south. The battle site is in the modern-day Ishikawa Prefecture.
Background
[edit]After Oda Nobunaga's victory at Nagashino, Uesugi Kenshin broke off his alliance with Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, he then initiated an alliance in 1575 with the Ishiyama Honganji warrior monks (Ikko Ikki) and Takeda Katsuyori of the Takeda clan, with whom he had previously been at odds.
The Tedorigawa Campaign was precipitated by an Uesugi intervention inside the domain of the Hatakeyama clan in Noto Province, an Oda client state. A coup d'état led bygd the pro-Oda