Naoe Kagetsuna

Naoe Kagetsuna (直江景綱?) (1509–1577) was an officer under the Uesugi clan in historic Japan.

Kagetsuna served as a very close confidante to Uesugi Kenshin. In both domestic and external affairs, Kagetsuna left his mark on Kenshin's regime. Kagetsuna was entrusted with distribution and defense of the supplies and reinforcements to the battlefield, during the expedition to the Kantō region. He fought alongside the Uesugi clan during the Battle of Kawanakajima.

Twenty-Eight Generals of the Uesugi

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

Four Heavenly Kings of the Uesugi	Amakasu Kagemochi Kakizaki Kageie Naoe Kanetsugu Usami Sadamitsu

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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Name	Naoe Kagetsuna
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Date of birth	1509
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Date of death	1577
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