/internal/media/dispatcher/974212/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=0DBCC852CB16240047C68D39B74EB375In 1547, Nagao Danjôzaemon Harukage, Lord of Funai Castle [=Kasugayama Castle?] in Echigo Province, Defies the Order of His Overlord Uesugi and Stays in His Castle, and Is Defeated by Kagetora [later Uesugi Kenshin], with Nagao Kihei and Nagao Kiheiji, Following the Orders of Their Lord (Tenmon jûroku nen Echigo no kuni Funaijô nushi Nagao Danjôzaemon Harukage yakata Uesugi no rei o somuki kyojô ni komoru shûmei ni yoru Nagao Kihei Nagao Kiheiji Kagetora yaburu)1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)Utagawa YoshitoraYamadaya Shōjirō (Kinkyōdō)Vertical ôban triptych; 34.5 × 71.6 cm (13 9/16 × 28 3/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.39739a-c0MFA impressions: 11.39739a-c (Yamadaya edition), 11.41390a-c (Sawaya edition)
An early victory in the career of the great warlord Uesugi Kenshin (1530-78), originally named Nagao Kagetora. He was a younger son of the Nagao Clan, who were vassals of the Uesugi clan. At the age of 17, he defeated his older brother Harukage (at the request of other clan members who felt that Harukage's incompetence was endangering them) and became the head of the Nagao clan; he went on to become the head of the Uesugi clan in 1561 and was competing with Oda Nobunaga for the control of all Japan at the time of his relatively early death.
The title inscribed on the print may have some historical inaccuracies in the names of the castle and of the other Nagao warriors.Prints34.400000000034.500000000034.500000000034.30000000000.00000000000.00000000000.00000000000.000000000046506801