Echigo Province
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Echigo Province was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It bordered on Uzen, Iwashiro, Kōzuke, Shinano, and Etchū Provinces. It corresponds today to Niigata Pref
Hiroshige ukiyo-e " Echigo " in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting Oyashirazu cliffs.
Uesugi Kenshin
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Nagao Kagetora, later known as Uesugi Kenshin, was a Japanese daimyō. He was born into the Nagao clan, and after adoption into the Uesugi clan, ruled Echigo Province in the Sengoku period of Japan. He
Echigo Province
…be the successor of the provincial temple of Echigo Province; however, its records date only to 1562 when it was relocated to its present location by Uesugi Kenshin. Two Shinto shrines vie for the title of ichinomiya of Echigo Province: Yahiko Shrine in Yahiko, and Kota Shrine in Jōetsu. Echigo was ruled directly…
Depiction of Kenshin in a monk-like image with two ministers, from Muromachi period (1336–1573)
Kasugayama Castle was Kenshin's primary fortress.
Depiction of the legendary personal conflict between Kenshin and Shingen at the fourth battle of Kawanakajima
Portrait of Kenshin.