Uesugi Kenshin
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Kenshin was a very honorable person. He also led many defensive campaigns to bring peace to the Kantō region and believed in the Buddhist god of war, Bishamonten. Some of his followers even thought that he was an incarnation of Bishamonten and called him the "God of War."
He is enshrined in Uesugi Shrine as a kami..[4][5]
Uesugi Kenshin Media
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
Uesugi Kenshin portrait close-up Rinsenji Temple
Uesugi Kenshin's grave at the Rinsen-ji temple, Jōetsu, Niigata
Letter from Uesugi Kenshin to Uesugi Kagekatsu
Gackt as Kenshin at the Kenshin Festival in Jōetsu, Niigata, 2008
Kenshin's mythical riding into battle by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1883)
Kenshin depicted by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1843–1844)
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Related pages
- Naoe Kanetsugu
- Aya-Gozen
References
- ↑ Uesugi Kenshin at Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ Dupuy, Johnson & Bongard 1992.
- ↑ Turnbull 1987.
- ↑ Organization, Japan National Tourism. "Uesugi-jinja Shrine | Travel Japan (Japan National Tourism Organization)". Travel Japan. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ↑ 山形県観光物産協会, 公益社団法人. "Uesugi Jinja Shrine｜What to See & Do｜STAY YAMAGATA". STAY YAMAGATA. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
Sources
- Charles, Victoria; Tzu, Sun (2012). Art of War. Parkstone International. ISBN 9781780428765.
- Cleary, Thomas F. (2008). [Uesugi Kenshin at Google Books Training the Samurai Mind: A Bushido Sourcebook]. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 9781590305720.
{{cite book}}: Check|url=value (help) - Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt; Johnson, Curt; Bongard, David L. (1992). Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06270-015-5.
- Goldsmith, Brian (2008). [Uesugi Kenshin at Google Books Amassing Economies: The Medieval Origins of Early Modern Japan, 1450–1700]. ISBN 9780549851158.
{{cite book}}: Check|url=value (help) - Ōta, Gyūichi (2011). The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga. BRILL. ISBN 9789004201620.
- Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334–1615. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0804705259.
- Sato, Hiroaki (1995). Legends of the Samurai. Overlook Duckworth. ISBN 9781590207307.
- Suzuki, Daisetsu Teitaro (1993). Zen and Japanese Culture. Princeton. ISBN 9780691017709.
- Turnbull, Stephen (1987). Battles of the Samurai. Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0853688265.
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). [Uesugi Kenshin at Google Books The Samurai Sourcebook]. Cassell & Co. ISBN 1854095234.
{{cite book}}: Check|url=value (help) - Turnbull, Stephen (2012a). [Uesugi Kenshin at Google Books Samurai Commanders (1): 940–1576]. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781782000426.
{{cite book}}: Check|url=value (help) - Turnbull, Stephen (2012b). [Uesugi Kenshin at Google Books Ninja AD 1460–1650]. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781782002567.
{{cite book}}: Check|url=value (help) - Turnbull, Stephen (2013). [Uesugi Kenshin at Google Books The Samurai: A Military History]. Routledge. ISBN 9781134243693.
{{cite book}}: Check|url=value (help) - Hall, John Whitney; Jansen, Marius B. (2015). [Uesugi Kenshin at Google Books Studies in the Institutional History of Early Modern Japan]. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400868957.
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Other websites
- Samurai Archives – Uesugi Kenshin Archived 2019-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
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