Uesugi Kagetora

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Uesugi Kagetora was a Sengoku-period samurai and adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin who became a central figure in the Uesugi clan’s internal succession conflict known as the Otate no Ran.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sengoku-period person
daimyo
samurai
activeIn Echigo Province NERFINISHED
adoptiveFamily Uesugi clan NERFINISHED
adoptiveFather Uesugi Kenshin NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Hōjō Saburō NERFINISHED
Saburō Kagetora NERFINISHED
associatedCastle Kasugayama Castle NERFINISHED
Samegao Castle NERFINISHED
birthFamily Later Hōjō clan NERFINISHED
birthFather Hōjō Ujiyasu NERFINISHED
birthPlace Odawara, Sagami Province NERFINISHED
clan Uesugi clan NERFINISHED
conflict Otate no Ran NERFINISHED
country Japan
deathCause suicide
deathInContextOf Otate no Ran NERFINISHED
deathPlace Samegao Castle NERFINISHED
eraName Sengoku jidai NERFINISHED
familyName Uesugi NERFINISHED
formerClan Later Hōjō clan NERFINISHED
givenName Kagetora NERFINISHED
historicalCategory Japanese samurai
People of the Sengoku period
militaryAlly Later Hōjō clan NERFINISHED
Takeda clan NERFINISHED
notableEvent adopted by Uesugi Kenshin to strengthen ties with the Hōjō clan
contested succession of Uesugi Kenshin with Uesugi Kagekatsu
notableFor role in the Uesugi succession dispute Otate no Ran
opposedBy Uesugi Kagekatsu NERFINISHED
period Sengoku period NERFINISHED
politicalRole claimant to leadership of the Uesugi clan
region Echigo NERFINISHED
relatedConflict power struggle after the death of Uesugi Kenshin
rival Uesugi Kagekatsu NERFINISHED
role military commander of the Uesugi clan
spouse daughter of Uesugi Kenshin
statusInClan adopted heir candidate of Uesugi Kenshin
supportedBy Hōjō clan NERFINISHED
Takeda clan NERFINISHED
title Uesugi Kagetora NERFINISHED

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Uesugi clan notableMember Uesugi Kagetora
Uesugi Kenshin successor Uesugi Kagetora