Irobe Katsunaga
- 4th Battle of Kawanakajima (1561)
- Siege of Karasawa (1563)
Irobe Katsunaga (色部 勝長, 1493? – February 7, 1569) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. A high-ranking retainer of the Uesugi clan. Katsunaga was one of the Kita-Echigo no Kokuninshu (北越後の国人衆; "Countrymen of Northern Echigo"), and was considered one of the most respected men under Uesugi Kenshin.[1]
He saw action at the 4th Battle of Kawanakajima of 1561 and the Siege of Karasawa at Sano, Tochigi in the region of Kōzuke in 1563 among others. For his distinction in battle at Kawanakajima he was granted Hirabayashi Castle.[2]
Katsunaga died when attempting to confront the uprising of Honjō Shigenaga in 1569.
His sons included Irobe Akinaga and Irobe Nagazane.[1]
References
- ^ a b ?í?‘•??«Šo?‘ ƒ‚¢ „ Archived 2007-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Japanese) 平林城 埋もれた古城 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- History of Hirabayashi Castle Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Irobe family information (in Japanese)
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- Amakasu Kagemochi
- Ayukawa Kiyonaga
- Gejō Saneyori
- Honjō Shigenaga
- Inoue Kiyomasa
- Irobe Katsunaga
- Kaji Tomotsuna
- Kakizaki Kageie
- Koshi Hidekage
- Matsumoto Kageshige
- Murakami Yoshikiyo
- Nagao Fujikage
- Naoe Kagetsuna
- Nakajō Fujisuke
- Ōsaki Takakiyo
- Saitō Tomonobu
- Shibata Harunaga
- Shibata Nagaatsu
- Shimazu Norihisa
- Gejō Saneyori
- Suda Chikamitsu
- Suibara Takaie
- Takanashi Masayori
- Takenomata Hirotsuna
- Taiga Tadahide
- Usami Sadamitsu
- Watanuki Hirotsuna
- Yamayoshi Toyomori
- Yasuda Nagahide
- Amakasu Kiyonaga
- Chisaka Kagechika
- Honjō Kaneyori
- Honjō Shigenaga
- Irobe Nagazane
- Iwai Nobuyoshi
- Kaji Harutsuna
- Kakizaki Kageie
- Kanazu Yoshimoto
- Kitajō Kagehiro
- Nagao Kageharu
- Nagao Masakage
- Nakajō Fujisuke
- Naoe Kagetsuna
- Niitsu Katsusuke
- Oguni Yorihisa
- Saitō Tomonobu
- Sanponji Kagenaga
- Shida Yoshihide
- Suibara Chikanori
- Takanashi Masayori
- Takenomata Yoshitsuna
- Usami Sadamitsu
- Yasuda Yoshimoto
- Yoshie Sadanaka
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