Uesugi Kagekatsu

Uesugi Kagekatsu
上杉 景勝
Head of Uesugi clan
In office
1580–1623
Preceded byUesugi Kenshin
Succeeded byUesugi Sadakatsu
Lord of Yonezawa
In office
1601–1623
Succeeded byUesugi Sadakatsu
Lord of Aizu
In office
1598–1601
Preceded byGamō Hideyuki
Succeeded byGamō Hideyuki
Personal details
BornUnomatsu
January 8, 1556
Echigo Province, Japan
DiedApril 19, 1623(1623-04-19) (aged 67)
Yonezawa, Japan
SpouseKikuhime
ChildrenUesugi Sadakatsu
Parents
RelativesUesugi Kenshin (adoptive father)
Uesugi Kagetora (brother-in-law)
Military service
Allegiance Uesugi clan
Toyotomi clan
Western Army
Tokugawa shogunate
Unit Uesugi clan
Battles/warsBattle of Tedorigawa
Siege of Otate
Battle of Tenjinyama
Siege of Uozu
Siege of Hachiōji
Siege of Hachigata
Siege of Odawara
Sekigahara campaign
Siege of Osaka

Uesugi Kagekatsu (上杉 景勝, 8 January 1556 – 19 April 1623) was a Japanese samurai daimyō during the Sengoku and Edo periods.[1] He was the adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Kagetora’s brother in law.