Uesugi Norimasa

Uesugi Norimasa was a Japanese government official and a prominent figure in 16th-century Japan. He inherited the position of kanrei, or governor-general, of the Kantō region. However, he was defeated by the Hōjō clan and sought refuge with Nagao Torachiyo, whom he adopted. Torachiyo subsequently changed his surname to Uesugi and, with his adopted father's support, became a powerful warrior known as Uesugi Kenshin. Kenshin engaged in numerous battles for control of the Kantō region against the Hōjō and Takeda families. The Uesugi family was a significant warrior clan in Japan, holding considerable power in the Kantō region before being supplanted by the Hōjō clan in the mid-16th century.12