Sengoku figure

Nagao Tamekage

長尾為景

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1509

Month 7

Uesugi Akisada Captures Echigo Fuchū

Deputy shugo who withdrew to Etchu

Yamanouchi Uesugi Akisada invaded Echigo and captured Fuchū, forcing provincial lord Uesugi Sadazane and deputy Nagao Tamekage to flee into Ecchū. The campaign brought the Kantō kanrei directly into Echigo's internal conflict.

1510

Month 6

Battle of Nagamorihara

Echigo side that defeated Uesugi Akisada's army

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Nagao Tamekage and Takanashi Masamori's forces defeated the invading army of Kantō kanrei Uesugi Akisada at Nagamorihara and killed Akisada, restoring the initiative in Echigo to Tamekage's side.

1530

1/21

Nagao Kagetora (Later Uesugi Kenshin) Is Born

Father

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Torachiyo, the youngest son of Nagao Tamekage and later known as Nagao Kagetora and Uesugi Kenshin, was born at Kasugayama Castle.