Uesugi (Yamanouchi)Yamanouchi Uesugi
Uesugi Norimasa
上杉憲政
1523–1579 (aged 57)
- Rank / office
- Kantō Kanrei
- Domain / base
- Kōzuke (Hirai Castle)
- Banner / crest
- Sparrow in bamboo
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Head of the Yamanouchi Uesugi, the great family that held the hereditary office of Kantō kanrei. Joining forces with Uesugi Tomosada of the Ōgigayatsu and the Koga kubō Ashikaga Haruuji, he raised a great army and besieged the Hōjō castle of Kawagoe, but in the night battle of Kawagoe in Tenbun 15 Hōjō Ujiyasu's surprise attack routed him and he suffered a crushing defeat. Pressed thereafter by the Hōjō offensive, he lost even his seat at Hirai Castle and was driven from Kōzuke. With nowhere else to turn, Norimasa fled to Nagao Kagetora (the future Uesugi Kenshin) of Echigo, and in Eiroku 4 at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura he passed the Uesugi name and the office of Kantō kanrei to Kagetora. He lived his last years under Kenshin, but after Kenshin's death he was caught up in the succession struggle, the Otate war, and lost his life.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1546Tenbun 15
Crushing Defeat at Kawagoe
Led the allied army in the siege of Kawagoe Castle, but was routed and crushed by Hōjō Ujiyasu's night attack.
Night Battle of Kawagoe 30,000 troops Watch in 3D › Head of the Yamanouchi Uesugi and Kantō kanrei. He led the main allied force but was routed by the night attack and lost his power in the Kantō. He later fled to Echigo and passed the Uesugi name to Nagao Kagetora (Kenshin). - 1552Tenbun 21
Exile to Echigo
Pressed by the Hōjō, he lost Hirai Castle and fled to Nagao Kagetora of Echigo.
- 1561Eiroku 4
Passing On the Uesugi Name
At the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine he passed the Uesugi surname and the office of Kantō kanrei to Nagao Kagetora, who took the name Uesugi Masatora (later Kenshin).
- 1579Tenshō 7
Death in the Otate War
Caught up in the succession struggle after Kenshin's death, he lost his life in Echigo.
