Uesugi Kenshin was been born 21 January 1530 from a family constantly in opposition to the signorile clan of the Takeda, but that it contracted to times of the weddings with members of it, just for sedare the conflicts, to the such point that, in the same year, Nobutora Takeda, the father of Shingen, married in second wedding the daughter of Uesugi-No-Rifusa.?
In 1533, the same Shingen Takeda married the daughter of Asaoki Uesugi, which died little later than delivery? 6 August 1547, when the young person Uesugi Kenshin had 17 years, the troops of Shingen Takeda destroyed literally those of Norimasa Uesugi to Odai-Hara, neighbor to Saku. Some year later, Shingen had to face an adversary to its height in the person of Kenshin Uesugi, decided decidedly to hinder the plans to esacerbanti times of this uncontrollable and incorreggibile getlteman, than it was not never given for won.
It was therefore that in 1555, the greater part of the adversaries of Shingen was sheltered to Kasuga-jo (jo=castello), in the department of Niigata, than also the famous Nagao Kaketora, alias Kenshin Uesugi, had equally caught up. Therefore, when there was the second battle of Kawanakajima to July, Kenshin sended its troops to Shinano. This was one of the more bloody battles in the history of Japan.
The two protagonists won and lost to turn to second of the change of the roles. This war lasted of the years and the small people, like always, paid some scotto it in screw human. 15 February 1557, while the troops of Shingen caught up Katsuyama-jo, Uesugi same Kenshin s' installed to Zenko-ji. It is said that the two men for less respected themselves, in virtue of a sure cavalleresco and a sure sense of the honor and ethics, little common spirit, in compliance with the code of the bushido. We do not forget that it was just the Takeda clan to establish this oral code of military education, thanks to the test Yamaga Soko. The historical attack of Kenshin against Shingen: legend or truth? Celebre the comparison between Kenshin Uesugi and Shingen Takeda in 1561 is remembered from various generations.
While Kenshin s' noticed once again too much late of the sly maneuver of Shingen in the course of the fifth battle of Kawanakajima, it said that it abruptly abandoned its hill before the dawn and he was precipitateen to stages forced towards of he, that remained seated and imperturbabile. This unexpected and personal attack, put in the panic all the General Staff of Shingen. Triggered, Kenshin is said that, loaded to the Shingen gallop sword to the hand, while these the scrutava with its insolent look. Costui adorned the blows the best that could with its bungai (fan from war) without deign to raise itself, while its adversary did not leave the time it to extract the sword. Although it had one hurt to the head, its leggendario gesture divenne, like that one, in the roman period, of Muzio Scevola that punished the hand - burning it - than had succeeded to kill the king Porsenna. Endured perceived, the troops of Kosaka caught up the field and their head, that it allowed the soldiers of the province of Kai to conquer the Victoria. Shingen had 41 exact years, while Kenshin had ten less.
The onslaught was sure audacious, but some historians assert that draft that of pure legend, since arches you to it of the Uesugi family does not o on purpose given of this event. This crash is revealed in the Kojo-gunkan, in which it comes said that a guerriero - that it wore a green-yellowish armor and it had the head wrapped from a woven white man - appeared in front of Shingen. In a recent study, written up from the descendants of the Uesugi family, the Uesugi-ke Gonen-was, says that R-he who has tried to attack Shingen was not Kenshin, but a sure Izuno-Kami Arakawa, one of its officials. It was then that one of the servitori of Shingen, Osumi-No-Kami Hara, seeing costui in difficulty, helped with one yari (a nozzle) and hit the chest of the horse, than s' impennò and escaped to the gallop. The fact is that Shingen was hurt and more times seriously, during this the 10 day of september. Two questions come then in mind: why the Uesugi clan does not mention Kenshin like the true forward? Why, to the contrary, the Takeda clan asserts that it was be a matter of Kenshin?
In both cases, the shame without doubt to have bankrupt and above all the shame from part of Shingen is approached from a simple one samurai, although she was an official... Ancient feudo of Kenshin, become a tempio - Uesugi Kenshin was a man much devout one, become monaco. E' for that on its banner the ideogramma is looked at that it symbolizes the peace. It venerava the God Fudomiyo and the goddess Bishamon. Its men gave test of an exemplary courage. When they left to the attack with of wakizashi (the short swords), that they often served to cut the witness, these crews white women were without protection, that is tsuba (guard). Some prototypes are exposed in the museum of the Juetsu-ji, than it is found in the same place where the feudo of Kenshin it was built up, to the feet of one hill. Today it does not remain null of its castle, but we can some notice some vestigia, like its tomba or that one of its officials, the nail head of Bishamon where the main door of tempio the Rinsen-ji prayed and, where it studied during infancy. Between its main officials, eight were its luogotenenti to life: Hoku-Jo Tango-No-Kami, Usami Suruga-No-Kami, Nagao Echizen-No-Kami, Amusa Bigo-No-Kami, Sugihara Hitachi-No-Suke, Noesan Shirio-No-Kami, Kakisake Isumi-No-Kami and Honjo Kiyoshi-Ryo.
When these places are visited, it can be asked to us because nobody has continued to transmit the techniques of martial limbs of this clan, under the name of Uesugi-ryu, as it has happened for the Takeda-ryu... However, on the place one can perlomeno be met a great master of kendo, with the name of Masami Kurachi, Menkyo-kaiden, be perpetuated much similar style. Of the rest, its ritratto figure in beautiful extension in the museum of Niigata, dedicated to Uesugi Kenshin. In the department of Niigata two great personages of the Japanese history have lived also others. Draft of admiral Heihachiro Togo (1847-1934), the winner against the Russians in 1905 during the combats of Port Arthur and Tsushima to the times of the first war Russian-Japanese at the beginning of the 1900's. And of admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943), the craftsman of the great naval battles during the war of the Pacific against the Americans, that he knew the unravelled one to Midway in 1942 during the Second world war. This is the history. We go to see what of it thinks the house historian, Fumon Tanaka.
"In the zone of the Kanto, Shingen Takeda and its it allies to you controlled all, less the small possedimento than Kenshin Uesugi, defended on the hill. "Shingen gives disposition to its troops to pass the river and to precipitate itself towards the castle. Uesugi imagines the maneuver, abandons the castle and counterattacks the remaining forces to the commando of Shingen with one tactical said ` of the vortice'.
To groups of 30/60 men and with the cavalry they face those of Shingen, then who does not die withdraws itself and goes in the rears. And therefore for hours and hours, until to when Shingen remains alone in nanny of its adversary. "It could be true that Shingen Takeda has been defended, seated with its fan from battle, bungei. It was fearless, but it is sure that its officials of the guard had to headlong support always freschi attacks of samurai to horse. "One what is sure. Shingen Takeda had demonstrated its ability also in this extreme occasion. Inamovibile like one mountain, Yama. When it was asked to it from its luogotenenti for because it had not fortified its position, it answered with arrogance: ... ` my officials are my fortress... '.
"It was a epico crash without doubt, that he comes always remembered in the clans of the samurai".