hirai

Updated: May 27, 2025

It was at this time that Kenshin became a member of the Uesugi sept. In 1505, the two branches of the Kwanto Uesugi joined hands against their common enemy, Hojo Soun, and from that time the contest was continued until 1551, when Ujiyasu, grandson of Soun, drove Uesugi Norimasa from his castle of Hirai in Kotsuke.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era