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Uesugi Kenshin
上杉謙信
1530–1578
A Sengoku-period warlord who ruled Echigo (today's Niigata Prefecture). He made Kasugayama Castle his home and led campaigns into Hokuriku, the Kanto region and Shinano. He was born Nagao Kagetora.
Negitan (talk)Public domainWikimedia CommonsA mountain castle in Himi, Toyama. Records credit Uesugi Kenshin with building it in 1576.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbWikipedia (ja)
- Keep (tenshu)
- Not yet confirmedwhether a keep existed is still being checked
- Built by
- Uesugi KenshinWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1576Wikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1579Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Earthen ramparts, Moats, Vertical moats (tatebori)Wikipedia (ja)
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