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| Uesugi 上杉 | |
|---|---|
 The emblem (mon) of the Uesugi clan | |
| Home province | |
| Parent house |  Fujiwara clan (藤原氏) |
| Titles | Various |
| Founder | Uesugi Shigefusa |
| Current head | Uesugi Kuninori |
| Founding year | Late 13th century |
| Dissolution | still extant |
| Ruled until | 1868 (Abolition of the han system) |
| Cadet branches | Ōgigayatsu Uesugi Inukake Uesugi Yamanouchi Uesugi |
The Uesugi clan (上杉氏, Uesugi-shi, historically also Uyesugi) is a Japanese samurai clan which was at its peak one of the most powerful during the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (14th to 17th centuries).[1] At its height, the clan had three main branches: the Ōgigayatsu, Inukake, and Yamanouchi. Its most well-known member is the warlord Uesugi Kenshin (1530–1578).[2]
During the Edo period, the Uesugi were a tozama or outsider clan, in contrast with the fudai or insider daimyō clans which had been hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan.[1]
- ^ a b Appert, Georges. (1888). Ancien Japon, p. 79.
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