1. Uesugi Kagekatsu was a Japanese samurai daimyo during the Sengoku and Edo periods.
16 Facts About Uesugi Kagekatsu
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Uesugi Kagekatsu was the adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Kagetora's brother in law.
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Uesugi Kagekatsu married Takeda Katsuyori's sister after the Siege of Otate.
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In 1582, Uesugi Kagekatsu led an army into Etchu and was defeated by Oda forces at the Battle of Tenjinyama.
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Uesugi Kagekatsu hastily returned to Echigo when he learned that Oda general Mori Nagayoshi had raided Echigo in his absence.
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When Oda forces under Shibata Katsuie and Sassa Narimasa laid siege to Uozu castle in Etchu, in the course of which a number of important Uesugi retainers were killed, Kagekatsu's fortunes appeared bleak.
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The Uesugi Kagekatsu were given a reprieve with the death of Nobunaga shortly afterwards.
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Uesugi Kagekatsu made friendly overtures to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and attacked Shibata Katsuie's northern outposts during the Shizugatake Campaign and went on to support Hideyoshi during the Komaki Campaign, in which he played a limited role by launching a foray into Shinano.
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Originally holding a 550,000 koku fief in Echigo Province, Uesugi Kagekatsu received the fief of Aizu, worth a huge 1.2 million koku when Hideyoshi redistributed holdings in 1598.
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The Sekigahara Campaign 1600 can be said to have begun, at least in part, with Uesugi Kagekatsu, who was the first daimyo to openly defy the Tokugawa clan.
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Uesugi Kagekatsu built a new castle in Aizu, attracting the attention of Ieyasu, who demanded that he explain his conduct at the capital.
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Uesugi Kagekatsu refused, and Tokugawa began plans to lead a 50,000 man army north against him.
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Ishida and Uesugi Kagekatsu hoped to occupy Tokugawa Ieyasu with this fighting in the north, distracting him from Ishida Mitsunari's attacks in the west.
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Uesugi Kagekatsu had intended to move his force south, attacking the Tokugawa from the north-east while Ishida attacked from the west, but he was defeated very early in the campaign, at his castle in the Siege of Shiroishi and later in the end of campaign at Siege of Hasedo.
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Uesugi Kagekatsu was succeeded by Uesugi Sadakatsu, his illegitimate son.
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Kagekatsu's remains were laid at Shojoshin-in Temple at Mount Koya, Koya city, while his ashes and court dress and kabuto were kept at the mausoleum of the Uesugi family located in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture.