Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信, 1530-1578)

Prominent daimyō of the Sengoku period (1467-1568) and the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600). Uesugi is one of the greatest names in the history of the Muromachi shogunate (1338-1573). Successive family members held the high position of Kantō Kanrei (関東管領), the shogunate's executive officer for the Kantō region. They were shugo (守護, military governors) of several provinces in that region and of Echigo (modern-day Niigata Prefecture) on the coast of the Sea of Japan. Kenshin, however...