Uesugi Kagekatsu

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Uesugi Kagekatsu

Uesugi Kagekatsu (?? ??, January 8 1556-March 19 1623) was a daimyo

Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
during the Sengoku

Sengoku period

The was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict in Japan that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century....
and Edo periods

Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
of Japanese history

History of Japan

The written history of Japan begins with brief references of Twenty-Four Histories, a collection of Chinese historical texts, in the 1st century AD....
. The son of Nagao Masakage

Nagao Masakage

Nagao Masakage was the head of the Ueda Nagao clan following the Sengoku period of the 16th century of Japan. Masakage was the brother-in-law of the famous Uesugi Kenshin, the "Dragon of Echigo"....
(the head of the Ueda Nagao

Nagao

The was a family of daimyo, feudal lords who built and controlled Kasugayama Castle and the surrounding fief, in what is now Niigata Prefecture....
clan) and husband of Uesugi Kenshin

Uesugi Kenshin

was a daimyo who ruled Echigo province in the Sengoku period of Japan.He was one of the many powerful lords of the Sengoku period. He is famed for his prowess on the battlefield, the legendary rivalry with Takeda Shingen, his military expertise, strategy and his belief in the god of war — Vaisravana#Vai.C5.9Brava.E1.B9.87a in Japan....
's elder sister. After his father died, he was adopted by Kenshin. Upon Kenshin's death in 1578, Kagekatsu battled Kenshin's other adopted son Uesugi Kagetora

Uesugi Kagetora

was the seventh son of Hojo Ujiyasu; he was adopted by Uesugi Kenshin, and was meant to be Kenshin's heir. However, in 1578, he was attacked in his castle at Siege of Otate by Uesugi Kagekatsu--Kagetora's respective brother-in-law--and was subsequently defeated....
for the inheritance, defeating him in the 1578 Otate no Ran

Otate no Ran

Otate no Ran was a battle that occurred after the death of Uesugi Kenshin. The battle was between Uesugi Kagekatsu and Uesugi Kagetora. The battle took place at the Fief of Echigo....
. He forced Kagetora to commit seppuku, and became head of the Uesugi clan

Uesugi clan

The was a Japanese samurai clan, descended from the Fujiwara clan and particularly notable for their power in the Muromachi period and Sengoku periods ....
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Uesugi Kagekatsu (?? ??, January 8 1556-March 19 1623) was a daimyo

Daimyo

Sengoku period

Edo period

History of Japan

The written history of Japan begins with brief references of Twenty-Four Histories, a collection of Chinese historical texts, in the 1st century AD....
. The son of Nagao Masakage

Nagao Masakage

Nagao

The was a family of daimyo, feudal lords who built and controlled Kasugayama Castle and the surrounding fief, in what is now Niigata Prefecture....
clan) and husband of Uesugi Kenshin

Uesugi Kenshin

Uesugi Kagetora

Otate no Ran

Uesugi clan

The was a Japanese samurai clan, descended from the Fujiwara clan and particularly notable for their power in the Muromachi period and Sengoku periods ....
. Kagekatu was married with Takeda Katsuyori

Takeda Katsuyori

was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku Period, who was famed as the head of the Takeda clan and the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen....
's sister (Takeda Shingen

Takeda Shingen

of Shinano Province and Kai Provinces, was a preeminent daimyo or feudal lord with military prestige who sought for the control of Japan in the late stage of Sengoku period or "warring states" period....
's daughter) after Otate no Ran

Otate no Ran

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle....
, Kagekatsu took part in the Odawara

Siege of Odawara (1590)

The third occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to eliminate the Late Hojo clan as a threat to his power....
and Korea campaigns, and rose to prominence to become a member of the council of Five Elders

Council of Five Elders

The council of five elders, also known as the five Tairo , was formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan in the place of his son, Toyotomi Hideyori, until such time as he came of age....
. Originally holding a 550,000 koku
Koku

The is a unit of volume in Japan, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres....
fief in Echigo province

Echigo Province

was an old provinces of Japan in north-central Japan, on the Sea of Japan side, northernmost part of the Hokurikudo Echigo was established by the division of Koshi province in the end of 7th century AD with Iwafune District, Niigata and Nutari District, Niigara....
, Kagekatsu received the fief of Aizu

Aizu

is an area comprising the westernmost third of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. The principal city of the area is Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima.During the Edo period, Aizu was a han known as and part of Mutsu province....
, 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

Ishida Mitsunari

Ishida Mitsunari was a samurai who led the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 17th century....
, against Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Japanese name|Tokugawa}} was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868....
, as the result of some political dispute.

The Sekigahara Campaign could be said to have begun, at least in part, with Kagekatsu, who was the first daimyo to plan revolt against Tokugawa Ieyasu. He built a new castle in Aizu, attracting the attention of Tokugawa, who ordered him to Osaka, to explain his conduct. 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 the north, distracting him from Ishida Mitsunari's attacks in and around Osaka

Osaka

is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
. Tokugawa expected the likes of this, however, and remained in Osaka to fight Ishida; his generals Mogami Yoshiaki

Mogami Yoshiaki

Mogami Yoshiaki was a daimyo of the Yamagata domain in Dewa Province, in the late Sengoku period and early Edo period.He was the first son of Mogami Yoshimori, and succeeded his father as daimyo of Yamagata....
and Date Masamune

Date Masamune

was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful daimyo in the Tohoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai....
would fight Kagekatsu in Tohoku (the far north-east of Honshu, 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 the campaign, at the siege of his castle at Shiroishi

Siege of Shiroishi

The siege of Shiroishi, in 1600, was one of several feudal Japanese battles leading up to the decisive battle of Sekigahara which ended the Sengoku period of over 100 years of war, and was immediately followed by the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate....
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Declaring his allegiance to Tokugawa following his defeat, Kagekatsu became a tozama
Tozama

A was a daimyo who was considered an outsider by the rulers of Japan. The term came into use in the Kamakura period and continued until the end of the Edo period....
(outsider) daimyo; he was given the Yonezawa han

Yonezawa Domain

Yonezawa Domain was a feudal domain of Tokugawa period Japan, controlled by daimyo of the Uesugi clan. Covering the Okitama district of Dewa province, in what is today southeastern Yamagata Prefecture, the territory was ruled from Yonezawa castle in Yonezawa, Yamagata city....
, worth 300,000 koku, in the Tohoku region. Kagekatsu would later fight for the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan

Toyotomi clan

During the Sengoku period in 16th century Japan, the began to thrive. Originating in Owari Province, the Toyotomi served as retainers to the Oda clan throughout the Sengoku period....
in the 1614-15 siege of Osaka

Siege of Osaka

The was a series of battles undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction. Divided into two stages , and lasting from 1614 to 1615, the siege put an end to the last major armed opposition to the shogunate's establishment....
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