上杉謙信公之像

Kenshin Uesugi is a person who worshiped Bishamonten and was a man of justice, which was rare in the Warring States Period. The pure and innocent attitude does not change until he dies, and seeing his way of life, Kenie Naoe and others are going to raise righteousness and love. However, it is a fact that he is struggling to control his subordinates politically, and he often makes it in Japan. Including them, he is still the hero of this era. Whether or not this image is a suitable image of Kenshin Uesugi is controversial, but I think it is a faithful reproduction of the reality. Being a hero, I don't have to look good, and I think the way of life is the most important thing. I think there is much that a modern man should learn from him.

The figure of this Ushinagi Ushinaki is like the one in the Battle of Kawanakajima. It is easy to imagine the hood like a monk when saying "Shinshin", but it looks like a mistake. I actually saw the hood that had been introduced to Uesugi Shrine, but it was written that it was used in Kawanakajima called the Hat-hat-type white dock. Moreover, the end of the hood was long enough to cover the face.

Shinshin is a member of his favorite military commander. In Yonezawa, there is one of the few monuments related to Oshin Shinko, while Kozan is prominent. The commentary next to the sitting statue is a brief summary of Ashin Shinko, so I think it is worth reading if you don't know much.

Kenshin Uesugi (1530-1578), the ancestor of the Uesugi family of the Yonezawa clan, is a samurai warlord who is known as the "dragon of Echigo" and "the god of war" and has a "lifelong undefeated legend". Born in Kasugayama Castle (Jouetsu City, Niigata Prefecture) as the youngest child of Echigo Guardian Nagao Tamekage, at the age of just seven, he became a bodhi temple of the Nagao family and Kasugayama Rinsenji. I was put in (I entered Buddhist Gate at the age of 7). It is said that this was to avoid an unnecessary war against the family. Kenshin's childhood name is Tora Chiyo. At the age of 19, he was given over to the family, and became the head of the Nagao family. The Battle of Kawanakajima, which is said to have fought five times between 1552 and 1563 over the control of Kita Shinano with Shingen Takeda (1521-1573), who was called the Kai Tiger. The fourth battle (1561), which was the biggest fierce battle, took place around Kawanakajima, a triangular flat land where the Chikumagawa and Saigawa meet. Therefore, the battles that took place at that place are collectively called the "Battle of Kawanakajima." * The Chikuma River occupies 214 km, or 60%, of the Shinano River, the longest river in Japan. Shingen's military teacher Kansuke Yamamoto's ``Tokubuki tactics'' (→ Woodpecker is a battle of Kawanakajima, which is a habit of hitting insects lurking trees with a beak I sometimes advised. In other words, Kenshin is said to have overlooked the tactic of having a mobile elite unit attack from behind the enemy team and pinching the escaped place. *There is no certainty that Kansuke Yamamoto is a real person, and there is also the theory that it was Minomori Baba who recommended this tactic. The Battle of Kawanakajima is famous along with the anecdote of "Santachi Nana Tachi" and is a battle that represents the Warring States period. Kenshin himself attacked the headquarters of the Takeda Army, raised the famous sword "Azuki Nagamitsu: Kenshin's love sword" from the horse, and slashed over the three swords to Shingen sitting on the floor sword Wearing. It is a legend of ``Kenshin Shingen Ikkitou'' that the fierce tiger of Kai received the dragon blade of Echigo with the army fan (Gunbai fan), because there were seven wounds left in the army, It is said that Shingen seems to have injured his arm ? in two places. The fourth battle is said to have ended in a draw for both troops, causing the largest casualties in the battle of Kawanakajima. Shingen left his son Katsuyori (Katsuyori) with the will that he would rely on the power of Kenshin in order to keep the Takeda family, while after the battle on Kawanakajima, he was ``Shingen Kenshin, who praised "Kousyu" as "I say." It is said that he sent salt to Shingen Takeda, an eternal rival who was in trouble because of lack of salt, and helped him. In response to Shingen's death, the vassals suggested that they should go out, but they never heard that they should not be caught in the eyes of others, and the spirit of "righteousness" is... "Since Kenshin, ``The Uesugi family has no cowardly military law to attack the enemy who showed their back,'' he said, passing on to Kagekatsu, the second generation of the Uesugi family (the first lord of Yonezawa), and to the citizens of Yonezawa today. It seems that it has been inherited. The aesthetic of "fighting up and down" feels good~ ❗️ By the way, Kenshin's grave (mausoleum: Byoku) is enshrined in the center front of the Uesugi Family Mausoleum, a nationally designated historic site ❗️. In addition, Kikuhime, the official room of Kagekatsu, is the daughter of Shingen Takeda, and the grave of Nobuyoshi Takeda (Rokuo Shingen), who turned to the Uesugi family, relying on her sister Kikuhime's husband, Kagekatsu, when the Takeda clan was destroyed. Is located at Kasugayama Rinsenji, the temple of the Uesugi family. It is wonderful that Kenshin and Shingen transcend each other's position, "recognize each other" (respect each other). It may be because the Uesugi/Takeda Allied Forces (country) aimed to unify the world ~❗️ It became longer, but it is more than m(__)m ❗️

The owner of the castle was the Uesugi family when the Meiji Restoration was reached, but the image of Kenshin is a little strange because the impression of the Date family's residence is strong.

Unlike Shingen Takeda, is it a bit slim! It ’s cool! (^ _ ^) y- ゜ ゜ ゜ ゜ ゜

My wish finally came true in the place I wanted to visit. Although it is not very detailed in history, there are places of origin of the same person in each place ✨ That is fun for the visiting side. I don't think there is any right answer, I wonder if this will be an opportunity to become interested in history and love it. Good for those living in Yonezawa.

It is built on the right hand side across the Hori Bridge. Speaking of the Kenshin statue, I also saw a statue of the battle with Shingen Takeda on Kawanakajima Island, but this is sitting elegantly.