Uesugi forcesUesugi (Nagao)
Uesugi Kagekatsu
上杉景勝
“One of the Five Elders”
1556–1623 (aged 68)
- Rank / office
- Middle Counsellor
- Domain / base
- Echigo → Aizu → Yonezawa
- Banner / crest
- Uesugi bamboo
- Battles in 3D
- 3 battles
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Kenshin's adopted son (his sister's child), who won the Otate war and inherited the Uesugi house. A taciturn, severe commander said to have laughed only a handful of times in his life. He submitted to Hideyoshi, became one of the Five Elders and held Aizu, 1,200,000 koku. After Hideyoshi's death he rejected Ieyasu's demand that he come to the capital with Naoe Kanetsugu's famous "Naoe letter," the immediate trigger for Sekigahara. Reduced after the defeat to Yonezawa, 300,000 koku, he still preserved the house.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1577
Battle of Tedorigawa
Kenshin's adopted son. As the right wing of the main force he raced down the east side of the river and bit into the Oda as if to cut off their retreat.
Tedori River, Kaga Province 4,000 troops Watch in 3D › - 1578Tenshō 6
The Otate War
Won the civil war over the succession and became head of the Uesugi.
- 1590
Siege of Odawara
Kenshin's heir, lord of Echigo. Invading from the north with Maeda Toshiie, he helped take Hachigata, Hachiōji and other castles.
Odawara, Sagami Province 10,000 troops Watch in 3D › - 1598Keichō 3
Aizu, 1,200,000 koku
Transferred to Aizu by Hideyoshi, he carried great weight as one of the Five Elders.
- 1600Keichō 5
The Trigger for Sekigahara
Defied Ieyasu with the Naoe letter and set off the confrontation between east and west.
- 1601Keichō 6
To Yonezawa
Reduced in fief after the war, he preserved the family name at Yonezawa.
- 1614
Winter Siege of Osaka
Head of the Uesugi, reduced in domain after Sekigahara. Fighting for the Tokugawa, he stormed the fort at Shigino and threw back the Toyotomi counter-attack.
Osaka, Settsu Province 5,000 troops Watch in 3D ›
