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14-522: Kagekatsu was the son of Nagao Masakage , the head of the Ueda Nagao clan and husband of Uesugi Kenshin 's elder sister, Aya-Gozen . After his father died, he was adopted by Kenshin. His childhood name was Unomatsu. In 1577, he participated in Battle of Tedorigawa . Upon Kenshin's death in 1578, Kagekatsu battled Kenshin's other adopted son Uesugi Kagetora for the inheritance, defeating Kagetora in

28-425: A copper pheasant ") , equally known as Sanchōmō by its Sino-Japanese reading , is a tachi ( Japanese greatsword ) forged during the middle Kamakura period (13th century). The set of the blade and its koshirae (mountings) is a National Treasure of Japan . It was wielded by Uesugi Kagekatsu , and had been inherited by his clan. Nagao Masakage Nagao Masakage ( 長尾 政景 , 1526 – August 11, 1564)

42-561: A letter to Satake Yoshishige , his allies. It was like a suicide note. Uozu castle fell on June 3, 1582, and Oda Nobunaga would die eighteen days later, in Kyoto. The Uesugi were given a reprieve with the death of Nobunaga shortly afterwards. Kagekatsu made friendly overtures to Toyotomi Hideyoshi , and attacked Shibata Katsuie 's northern outposts during the Shizugatake Campaign (1583) and went on to support Hideyoshi during

56-573: The Battle of Sekigahara . In 1614, Hideyori came into conflict with the Tokugawa shogunate , leading to Tokugawa Ieyasu's Siege of Osaka from 1614 to 1615. As a result of the siege, Hideyori and his mother, Yodo-dono , committed seppuku in the flames of Osaka castle. After their death, the Toyotomi clan dissolved, leaving the Tokugawa clan to solidify their rule of Japan and the last member of

70-523: The Edo period . The most influential figure within the Toyotomi was Toyotomi Hideyoshi , one of the three "unifiers of Japan". Oda Nobunaga was another primary unifier and the ruler of the Oda clan at the time. Hideyoshi joined Nobunaga at a young age, but was not highly regarded because of his peasant background. Nevertheless, Hideyoshi's increasing influence allowed him to seize a significant degree of power from

84-650: The Osaka Campaign 1614–1615. On March 20, 1623, Kagekatsu died in Yonezawa . He was 67–69 years old. He was succeeded by Uesugi Sadakatsu , his illegitimate son. Kagekatsu's remains were laid at Shojoshin-in Temple at Mount Kōya , Koya city , while his ashes and court dress and kabuto were kept at the mausoleum of the Uesugi family located in Yonezawa , Yamagata Prefecture . Yamatorige ( 山鳥毛 , "feather of

98-641: The 1578 Siege of Otate . In 1579, he forced Kagetora to commit suicide, and became head of the Uesugi clan . Kagekatsu married Takeda Katsuyori 's sister ( Takeda Shingen 's daughter) after the Siege of Otate. By 1579, Kagekatsu had gained the upper hand and forced Kagetora to commit suicide. This bloody division allowed Oda Nobunaga's generals (headed by Shibata Katsuie) to conquer the Uesugi's lands in Kaga, Noto, and Etchu. In 1582, Kagekatsu led an army into Etchu and

112-827: The Komaki Campaign (1584), in which he played a limited role by launching a foray into Shinano. As a general under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Kagekatsu took part in the Odawara campaign 1590 under Maeda Toshiie , and rise to prominence to become a member of the Council of Five Elders . Originally holding a 550,000 koku fief in Echigo Province , Kagekatsu received the fief of Aizu , worth a huge 1.2 million koku when Hideyoshi redistributed holdings in 1598. After Hideyoshi's death, that year, Kagekatsu then allied himself with Ishida Mitsunari , against Tokugawa Ieyasu , as

126-517: The Oda clan following Oda Nobunaga's death in 1582. As the virtual ruler of most of Japan, Hideyoshi received the new clan name "Toyotomi" in 1585 from the emperor , and achieved the unification of Japan in 1590. When Hideyoshi died in 1598, his son Toyotomi Hideyori was only five years old. Five regents were appointed to rule until his maturity, and conflicts among them began quickly. In 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu deposed Hideyori and took power after winning

140-618: The campaign, at his castle in the Siege of Shiroishi and later in the end of campaign at Siege of Hasedo . He declaring his allegiance to Tokugawa following his defeat in the Sekigahara campaign, Kagekatsu became a tozama (outsider) daimyō ; he was given the Yonezawa han , worth 300,000 koku , in the Tōhoku region. Kagekatsu fought for the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan in

154-469: The north, distracting him from Ishida Mitsunari's attacks in the west. Anticipating this, Ieyasu remained to engage Mitsunari; his generals Mogami Yoshiaki and Date Masamune would fight Kagekatsu in Tōhoku (northern region Honshū, Japan's main island). Kagekatsu had intended to move his force south, attacking the Tokugawa from the north-east while Ishida attacked from the west, but he was defeated very early in

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168-533: The result of some political dispute. The Sekigahara Campaign 1600 can be said to have begun, at least in part, with Kagekatsu, who was the first daimyō to openly defy the Tokugawa clan . He built a new castle in Aizu , attracting the attention of Ieyasu, who demanded that he explain his conduct at the capital. Kagekatsu refused, and Tokugawa began plans to lead a 50,000 man army north against him. Ishida and Uesugi hoped to occupy Tokugawa Ieyasu with this fighting in

182-452: Was defeated by Oda forces at the Battle of Tenjinyama . He hastily returned to Echigo when he learned that Oda general Mori Nagayoshi had raided Echigo in his absence. When Oda forces under Shibata Katsuie and Sassa Narimasa laid siege to Uozu castle in Etchu, in the course of which a number of important Uesugi retainers were killed, Kagekatsu's fortunes appeared bleak. Kagekatsu sent

196-576: Was the head of the Ueda Nagao clan following the Sengoku period of the 16th century of Japan. This article about a samurai or a samurai-related topic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Toyotomi clan The Toyotomi clan ( Japanese : shinjitai : 豊臣氏 / kyujitai : 豐臣氏 , Hepburn : Toyotomi-shi ) was a Japanese clan that ruled over the Japanese before

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