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33-578: Uesugi (jap. 上杉, sometimes written Uyesugi ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: People [ edit ] Uesugi clan , a Japanese samurai clan Uesugi Akisada , (1454–1510), a samurai of the Uesugi clan Uesugi Harunori (1751–1822), a Japanese daimyō Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556–1623), a daimyō during the Sengoku and Edo periods of Japanese history Uesugi Kagenobu (?–1578),

66-584: A campaign to regain their power in the region and retake lost possessions. However, the Ōgigayatsu branch would ultimately come to an end with the death of Uesugi Tomosada during a failed siege of Kawagoe castle later that year. Near the end of the Sengoku period, the Uesugi would undergo major changes in their leadership. Uesugi Norimasa , holder of a castle which had fallen in 1551 to the Hōjō, took up arms with his retainer Nagao Kagetora . Kagetora would go on to change his name to Uesugi Kenshin after campaigning against

99-738: A different deputy to be placed in power. The Uesugi's deposition of Shigeuji left them as the predominant power in the Kantō region, and the clan was able to grow rapidly. They eventually split into their three main branches, which were named after their traditional homelands. The Ōgigayatsu controlled Kawagoe Castle , the Yamanouchi were centered in Hirai , and the Inukake held a castle in the region as well. Each of these branch families can trace their lineage to Uesugi Kiyoko , mother of Ashikaga Takauji ,

132-508: A new class, the sengoku-daimyō , who arose from the ranks of the shugodai and jizamurai . Among the sengoku daimyō ( 戦国大名 ) were many who had been shugo-daimyō , such as the Satake , Imagawa , Takeda , Toki , Rokkaku , Ōuchi , and Shimazu . New to the ranks of the daimyo were the Asakura , Amago , Nagao , Miyoshi , Chōsokabe , Hatano, and Oda . These came from the ranks of

165-474: A practice called sankin-kōtai . In 1869, the year after the Meiji Restoration, the daimyo, together with the kuge, formed a new aristocracy, the kazoku . In 1871, the han were abolished , and prefectures were established. In this year, around 200 daimyo returned their titles to the emperor, who consolidated their han into 75 prefectures. Their military forces were also demobilized, with

198-463: A samurai and relative of Uesugi Kenshin in the Sengoku period of Japan Uesugi Kagetora (1552–1579), the seventh son of Hōjō Ujiyasu and adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin Uesugi Kenshin (1530–1578), a daimyō who ruled Echigo province in the Sengoku period of Japan Uesugi Mochinori (1844–1919), a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period Uesugi Narinori , (1820–1889), a Japanese daimyō of

231-564: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Uesugi clan During the Edo period , the Uesugi were a tozama or outsider clan, in contrast with the fudai or insider daimyō clans which had been hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan. The clan claims descent from the Fujiwara clan , specifically Fujiwara no Yoshikado , who was a daijō-daijin during

264-726: The Boshin War (1868–69), to repay this favor, the Yonezawa Domain rose to assist the Aizu Domain in its time of crisis. Alongside the Sendai Domain ( Date clan ), they led the Northern Alliance ( Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei ) and fought against the new government forces, but after repeated defeats, they eventually surrendered. The Meiji Restoration in 1868 brought the abolition of the han system, that is,

297-529: The Meiji Restoration , with the adoption of the prefecture system in 1871. The shugo daimyō ( 守護大名 ) were the first group of men to hold the title daimyō . They arose from among the shugo during the Muromachi period (approximately 1336–1573). The shugo-daimyo held not only military and police powers, but also economic power within a province . They accumulated these powers throughout

330-802: The Mori of Chōshū , the Shimazu of Satsuma , the Date of Sendai , the Uesugi of Yonezawa , and the Hachisuka of Awa . Initially, the Tokugawa regarded them as potentially rebellious, but for most of the Edo period, control policies such as sankin-kōtai , resulted in peaceful relations. Daimyo were required to maintain residences in Edo as well as their fiefs, and to move periodically between Edo and their fiefs, typically spending alternate years in each place, in

363-709: The Sengoku period to the daimyo of the Edo period , the rank had a long and varied history. The backgrounds of daimyo also varied considerably; while some daimyo clans, notably the Mōri , Shimazu and Hosokawa , were cadet branches of the Imperial family or were descended from the kuge , other daimyo were promoted from the ranks of the samurai , notably during the Edo period. Daimyo often hired samurai to guard their land, and paid them in land or food, as relatively few could afford to pay them in money. The daimyo era ended soon after

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396-646: The shugodai and their deputies. Additional sengoku-daimyō such as the Mōri , Tamura , and Ryūzōji arose from the jizamurai . The lower officials of the shogunate and rōnin ( Late Hōjō , Saitō ), provincial officials (Kitabatake), and kuge (Tosa Ichijō) also gave rise to sengoku-daimyo . The Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 marked the beginning of the Edo period . Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu reorganized roughly 200 daimyo and their territories into han , which were assessed by rice production. Those heading han assessed at 10,000 koku (50,000 bushels) or more were considered daimyo. Ieyasu also categorized

429-413: The 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominally to the emperor and the kuge (an aristocratic class). In the term, dai ( 大 ) means 'large', and myō stands for myōden ( 名田 ) , meaning 'private land'. From the shugo of the Muromachi period through

462-402: The 17th century, Yonezawa, like most parts of the country, experienced a considerable drop in growth after 1700. The official koku revenue of the Uesugi daimyō was cut in half in 1664, but the family maintained its same expensive lifestyle as before. After Yonezawa entered debt and experienced famine in the 1750s, the current daimyō Uesugi Shigesada considered giving the territory back to

495-516: The 9th century. Kanjūji Shigefusa was a 13th generation descendant of the clan's great progenitor and the originator of the clan's name. Near the end of the 13th century, he received the Uesugi domain in Tango Province and adopted the name "Uesugi" after arriving and establishing himself there. Throughout the Muromachi period , members of the clan were appointed as shugo (provincial governors) and would also regularly hold sway over

528-501: The Ashikaga shogunate in feudal Japan Takashi Uesugi (born 1968), a Japanese freelance journalist Teppei Uesugi (born 1985), a Japanese football (soccer) player for Thespa Kusatsu Takeo Uesugi (born 1940), a Japanese-American landscape architect known for his garden designs Fictional characters [ edit ] Kazuya Uesugi and Tatsuya Uesugi from the anime and manga series Touch Tatsuha Uesugi , from

561-423: The Edo period Uesugi Norimasa (1523–1579), a daimyō of feudal Japan Uesugi Norizane , (1410–1466), a Japanese samurai of the Uesugi clan Uesugi Tomooki , (1488–1537), a lord of Edo Castle and enemy of the Hōjō clan during the Sengoku period of Japan Uesugi Tsunakatsu , (1639–1664), a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period Uesugi Zenshū (unknown-1417), the chief advisor to Ashikaga Mochiuji, an enemy of

594-513: The Edo period, the Uesugi were given the domain of Yonezawa , a Tozama daimyō worth 300,000 koku . The domain, located far from the capital in the Tōhoku region , was considered fairly representative of what might be given to daimyō considered "outsiders" by the shogunate. Yonezawa had minimal direct control from the shogunate, but was not urbanized and was largely an agricultural domain. Despite agricultural advances and generally high growth in

627-516: The Edo shogunate, some rising to the position of rōjū . The fact that fudai daimyo could hold government positions, while tozama in general could not, was a main difference between the two. Tozama daimyō held mostly large fiefs far away from the capital, with e.g. the Kaga han of Ishikawa Prefecture , headed by the Maeda clan , assessed at 1,000,000 koku . Other famous tozama clans included

660-545: The Hōjō in Sagami Province . Kenshin would later become one of Sengoku's most prominent generals, continuing to wage war against the Hōjō for control of the Kantō region. Kenshin's adopted son Uesugi Kagekatsu eventually became head of the Uesugi clan. However, his support of Ishida Mitsunari during the battle of Sekigahara would result in a devastating blow to the power of the Uesugi, as Mitsunari's forces were crushed by Tokugawa Ieyasu and his supporters. During

693-587: The Inukake did not. Traditionally, the Ōgigayatsu branch allied themselves with the Ōta clan , while the Yamanouchi were aligned with the Nagao clan . While the Ōgigayatsu were less numerous than the Yamanouchi, they held on to power due to Ōta Dōkan 's construction of the Edo Castle in the 1450s. At the same time as the Uesugi branches continued to compete for power with themselves, the Hōjō clan began to gain power in

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726-651: The anime and manga series, Gravitation Futaro Uesugi, the male protagonist of the anime and manga series The Quintessential Quintuplets [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Uesugi . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uesugi&oldid=1158318065 " Categories : Surnames Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

759-595: The daimyo according to their relation to the ruling Tokugawa family: the shinpan were related to the Tokugawa; the fudai had been vassals of the Tokugawa or allies in battle; and the tozama had not allied with the Tokugawa before the Battle of Sekigahara (did not necessarily fight against the Tokugawa). The shinpan were collaterals of Ieyasu, such as the Matsudaira , or descendants of Ieyasu other than in

792-769: The daimyo and their samurai followers pensioned into retirement. The move to abolish the feudal domains effectively ended the daimyo era in Japan. This was effectively carried out through the financial collapse of the feudal-domain governments, hampering their capability for resistance. In the wake of the changes, many daimyo remained in control of their lands, being appointed as prefectural governors ; however, they were soon relieved of this duty and called en masse to Tokyo, thereby cutting off any independent base of power from which to potentially rebel. Despite this, members of former daimyo families remained prominent in government and society, and in some cases continue to remain prominent to

825-509: The end of the domains, the feudal lords, and the samurai class. During this period, the head of the clan was Uesugi Mochinori . While the han system ended, the Uesugi clan survives to this day. Its present head, Uesugi Kuninori (born 1942), is a professor at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Ministry of Education. The clan crest of the Uesugi was two flying sparrows in bamboo. Uesugi Kenshin had several personal standards:

858-474: The first character in Bishamonten (毘, bi), a flag of divine appointment, an open fan horse insignia, and the suspended and chaotically written dragon character (龍). [REDACTED] Media related to Uesugi clan at Wikimedia Commons Daimy%C5%8D Daimyo ( 大名 , daimyō , Japanese pronunciation: [daimʲoː] ) were powerful Japanese magnates , feudal lords who, from

891-716: The first decades of the Muromachi period. Major shugo-daimyō came from the Shiba , Hatakeyama , and Hosokawa clans , as well as the tozama clans of Yamana , Ōuchi , Takeda and Akamatsu . The greatest ruled multiple provinces. The Ashikaga shogunate required the shugo-daimyō to reside in Kyoto , so they appointed relatives or retainers, called shugodai , to represent them in their home provinces. Eventually, some of these in turn came to reside in Kyoto, appointing deputies in

924-513: The founder of the Ashikaga shogunate . These three branches would commence infighting for dominance within the clan and the Kantō region almost as soon as the split occurred. This conflict would continue for roughly twenty-five years until around the end of the Ōnin War in 1477, which brought the end of the Ashikaga shogunate. Though the Ōgigayatsu and Yamanouchi branches both survived this conflict,

957-402: The lower area of the Kantō region. The first head of this rising clan, Hōjō Sōun , allied himself with Nagao Tamekage , Deputy Constable of Kamakura , and would go on to become one of their strongest rivals. This rapid expansion of a rival clan forced the two rival branches of the Uesugi to become allies. In 1537, the city of Kawagoe fell to the Hōjō clan. By 1545, the united Uesugi launched

990-548: The main line of succession. Several shinpan , including the Tokugawa of Owari ( Nagoya ), Kii ( Wakayama ), and Mito , as well as the Matsudaira of Fukui and Aizu , held large han . A few fudai daimyō , such as the Ii of Hikone , held large han, but many were small. The shogunate placed many fudai at strategic locations to guard the trade routes and the approaches to Edo . Also, many fudai daimyo took positions in

1023-510: The post Kantō Kanrei (shogun's deputy in Kantō). Through their dominance of this position, the clan gained a large amount of power in the Kantō region. In 1449, Kantō Kanrei Ashikaga Shigeuji killed his Uesugi deputy in order to check the family's power. However, Uesugi forces rose up throughout the region and drove out Shigeuji. After ousting the Kanrei, they asked the shogunate in Kyoto for

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1056-560: The provinces. The Ōnin War was a major uprising in which shugo-daimyō fought each other. During this and other wars of the time, kuni ikki , or provincial uprisings, took place as locally powerful warriors sought independence from the shugo-daimyo . The deputies of the shugo-daimyō , living in the provinces, seized the opportunity to strengthen their position. At the end of the fifteenth century, those shugo-daimyō who succeeded remained in power. Those who had failed to exert control over their deputies fell from power and were replaced by

1089-475: The shogunate. Instead, he allowed his adopted son Uesugi Harunori to take over as daimyō . Through agricultural and moral reforms, as well as other strict policies, Harunori was able to restore a measure of prosperity to the domain. After his death, the shogunate officially praised Yonezawa as an example of good governance. When the Uesugi clan faced the threat of abolition due to the sudden death of Tsunakatsu (1639–64), they were saved by Hoshina Masayuki . In

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