Glossary of Japanese History - U

U

• udaijin (右大臣) - Junior Minister of State overseeing all branches of the Department of State during the late Nara and Heian periods, deputy of the sadaijin (see above).
• Uesugi clan (上杉氏, Uesugi-shi) - a clan, descended from the Fujiwara clan, important for its power in the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (roughly 14th-17th centuries).
• Uesugi Zenshū's rebellion (上杉禅秀の乱 Uesugi Zenshū no Ran) - Uesugi Zenshū's 1416 rebellion against Ashikaga Mochiuji.