Uesugi Kenshin

, was a Japanese daimyō also known as . He was born in the Nagao clan. He ruled over Echigo Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. Kenshin a powerful daimyo and was called the "Dragon of Echigo". He was a great administrator and helped develop local industries and trade. He gave his people a high standard of living in Echigo. 

Kenshin was a very honorable person. He also led many defensive campaigns to bring peace to the Kantō region and believed in the Buddhist god of war, Bishamonten. Some of his followers even thought that he was an incarnation of Bishamonten and called him the "God of War."

He is enshrined in Uesugi Shrine as a kami..

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 Samurai Archives – Uesugi Kenshin 

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