A mountain castle ruin located on Mt. Tsurugijo (approximately 300 m) in the Tochio area of Nagaoka City. A historically important castle site known as the 'Castle of Kenshin's First Battle'—the place where Uesugi Kenshin spent his boyhood and is said to have fought his first engagement. Kenshin entered this castle at age 14 in 1543 (Tenbun 12), and the following year drove back the forces of the …
Said to have been built in the Nanbokucho period. Famous as the castle where Uesugi Kenshin (then known as Nagao Kagetora) entered at age 14 in 1543 and fought his first battle the following year. Revered as a holy place in Echigo where Kenshin received his formative training. Even after the castle …
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