Nagao Tamekage 長尾 為景 | |
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Head of Nagao clan | |
In office 1506–1536 | |
Preceded by | Nagao Yoshikage |
Succeeded by | Nagao Harukage |
Personal details | |
Born | 1486 |
Died | 1536 |
Children | Nagao Harukage Aya-Gozen Uesugi Kenshin |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | Uesugi clan |
Rank | Lord (Daimyō) |
Unit | Nagao clan |
Battles/wars | Siege of Matsunoyama (1507) Battle of Sendanno (1536) |
Nagao Tamekage (長尾 為景, c. 1486 or 1489 – December, 1536 or January 29, 1543) was a retainer of Japanese feudal lord Uesugi Fusayoshi, and a daimyō in his own right, during Japan's Sengoku period. He is perhaps best known as the biological father of Nagao Kagetora, who would be adopted into the Uesugi clan as Uesugi Kenshin, and has become one of the most famous Sengoku-period daimyōs.[1]