Nagao Masakage (長尾 政景?, 1526 – August 11, 1564) was the head of the Ueda Nagao clan following the Sengoku period of the 16th century of Japan. Masakage was the brother-in-law of the famous Uesugi Kenshin, the "Dragon of Echigo". Masakage was the father of Uesugi Kagekatsu.
Even though Masakage may have been the brother-in-law of Kenshin, he still supported Nagao Harukage in a fight against Kenshin. Masakage later on became a retainer under Kenshin, but it is not known if he truly was assassinated on Kenshin's orders.
Twenty-Eight Generals of the Uesugi
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- Amakasu Kagemochi
- Ayukawa Kiyonaga
- Gejō Saneyori
- Honjō Shigenaga
- Inoue Kiyomasa
- Irobe Katsunaga
- Kaji Tomotsuna
- Kakizaki Kageie
- Koshi Hidekage
- Matsumoto Kageshige
- Murakami Yoshikiyo
- Nagao Fujikage
- Naoe Kagetsuna
- Nakajō Fujisuke
- Ōsaki Takakiyo
- Saitō Tomonobu
- Shibata Harunaga
- Shibata Naganori
- Shimazu Norihisa
- Gejō Saneyori
- Suda Chikamitsu
- Suibara Takaie
- Takanashi Masayori
- Takenomata Hirotsuna
- Taiga Tadahide
- Usami Sadamitsu
- Watanuki Hirotsuna
- Yamayoshi Toyomori
- Yasuda Nagahide
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Four Heavenly Kings of the Uesugi |
- Amakasu Kagemochi
- Kakizaki Kageie
- Naoe Kanetsugu
- Usami Sadamitsu
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Twenty-Five Generals of the Uesugi |
- Amakasu Kiyonaga
- Chisaka Kagechika
- Honjō Kaneyori
- Honjō Shigenaga
- Irobe Nagazane
- Iwai Nobuyoshi
- Kaji Harutsuna
- Kakizaki Kageie
- Kanazu Yoshimoto
- Kitajō Kagehiro
- Nagao Kageharu
- Nagao Masakage
- Nakajō Fujisuke
- Naoe Kagetsuna
- Niitsu Katsusuke
- Oguni Yorihisa
- Saitō Tomonobu
- Sanponji Kagenaga
- Shida Yoshihide
- Suibara Chikanori
- Takanashi Masayori
- Takenomata Yoshitsuna
- Usami Sadamitsu
- Yasuda Yoshimoto
- Yoshie Sadanaka
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Nagao Masakage |
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Date of birth |
1526 |
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Date of death |
1564 |
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