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3 unusual facts about Nagao Tamekage


Nagao clan

Nagao Tamekage (d. 1536), was the father of Nagao Kagetora, who would become Uesugi Kenshin.

Nagao Tamekage

He is perhaps most famous as the biological father of Nagao Kagetora, who would be adopted into the Uesugi family as Uesugi Kenshin, and would go on to become one of the most famous of all Sengoku period daimyo.

Uesugi Akisada

Nagao Tamekage, rose up against him in 1510 with the help of Hōjō Sōun, seizing the province and killing Akisada.



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