Kasugayama Castle
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Kasugayama Castle is a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the Nakayashiki neighborhood of the city of Jōetsu, Niigata prefecture. It was the primary fortress of the warlord Uesu
Kasugayama Castle from Jōetsu-shi Maizō Bunkazai Center
Honmaru compound of Kasugayama castle
Well of Kasugayama castle
Horikiri style moat of Kasugayama castle
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
Kasugayama Castle
…yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the Nakayashiki neighborhood of the city of Jōetsu, Niigata prefecture. It was the primary fortress of the warlord Uesugi Kenshin, and was originally built and ruled by the Nagao clan. It is listed as one of Japan's Top 100 Castles and the ruins have been protected as a National…
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.