- Nagao Masakage
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In this Japanese name, the family name is "Nagao".
Nagao Masakage (長尾 政景 , 1526 – August 11, 1564) was the head of the Ueda Nagao clan following the Sengoku period of the 16th century of Japan. Masakage was the brother-in-law of the famous Uesugi Kenshin, the "Dragon of Echigo". Masakage was the father of Uesugi Kagekatsu.
Even though Masakage may have been the brother-in-law of Kenshin, he still supported Nagao Harukage in a fight against Kenshin. Masakage later on became a retainer under Kenshin, but it is not known if he truly was assassinated on Kenshin's orders.
Amakasu Kagemochi · Ayukawa Kiyonaga · Gejō Saneyori · Honjō Shigenaga · Inoue Kiyomasa · Irobe Katsunaga · Kaji Tomotsuna · Kakizaki Kageie · Koshi Hidekage · Matsumoto Kageshige · Murakami Yoshikiyo · Nagao Fujikage · Naoe Kagetsuna · Nakajō Fujisuke · Ōsaki Takakiyo · Saitō Tomonobu · Shibata Harunaga · Shibata Naganori · Shimazu Norihisa · Gejō Saneyori · Suda Chikamitsu · Suibara Takaie · Takanashi Masayori · Takenomata Hirotsuna · Taiga Tadahide · Usami Sadamitsu · Watanuki Hirotsuna · Yamayoshi Toyomori · Yasuda NagahideFour Heavenly Kings of the Uesugi Twenty-Five Generals of the Uesugi Amakasu Kiyonaga · Chisaka Kagechika · Honjō Kaneyori · Honjō Shigenaga · Irobe Nagazane · Iwai Nobuyoshi · Kaji Harutsuna · Kakizaki Kageie · Kanazu Yoshimoto · Kitajō Kagehiro · Nagao Kageharu · Nagao Masakage · Nakajō Fujisuke · Naoe Kagetsuna · Niitsu Katsusuke · Oguni Yorihisa · Saitō Tomonobu · Sanponji Kagenaga · Shida Yoshihide · Suibara Chikanori · Takanashi Masayori · Takenomata Yoshitsuna · Usami Sadamitsu · Yasuda Yoshimoto · Yoshie SadanakaCategories:- Samurai
- 1564 deaths
- 1526 births
- Samurai stubs
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