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Uesugi Kenshin
上杉謙信
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.
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Tradition says that from age 7 to 14 he was strictly schooled by the monk Tenshitsu Koiku at Rinsen-ji, a temple at the foot of Mount Kasuga. Bishamon-do on the castle mountain is said to be where he prayed for victory before battle. He died suddenly in 1578 while preparing to march on the Kanto region, setting off a war over his succession.
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- 4春日山観光かわら版 No.3(上越市・生没年)Checked:
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