Nagao Masakage

Nagao Masakage and His wife

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 became a retainer under Kenshin, but it is not known if he truly was assassinated on Kenshin's orders.


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