This is a book about the famous Uesugi-family and their history from the 15th century until the fall of the shogunate. What makes this book truly unique is that it also takes an indepth look at the history of the Japanese matchlock.
When Shingen attempted to seize control of Shinano province they were set on a collision course. Stephen Turnbull chronicles the see-saw struggle between two men who epitomize the warrior daimyo from Japan's 'Warring States' period.
Versión ampliada, rediseñada y corregida de "Kenshin Uesugi", el clásico de Eiji Yoshikawasobre Kenshin Uesugi, el líder del clan de los Uesugi quien se enfrentó al poder de los Takeda y su general, Takeda Shingen en la famosa guerra ...
The Kawanakajima campaign is unique in Japanese history, perhaps even in world history, in that five battles were fought over the same battlefield by the same protagonists within the space of 12 years.
... Uesugi Norimasa . The following year , 1552 , he had his head shaved and from then on was known as Uesugi Kenshin , one of the most distinguished names in the military annals of the sixteenth century . As heir by adoption to the waning ...
Mike Loades. Uesugi. Kenshin. Although his sword dates from the thirteenth century, Uesugi Kenshin was a sixteenth-century samurai. In a country where great store is placed on ancestor worship, there is tremendous status and power in an ...
940–1576 Stephen Turnbull. Uesugi Kenshin (1530–78) Uesugi Kenshin was not of the Uesugi family but was the son of their retainer, Nagao Tamekage, and bore the original name of Kagetora. When young Kagetora was 15 he was placed in joint ...