Nagao Fujikage

Nagao Fujikage (長尾藤景) (d. 1568) was a samurai of the Nagao clan who served under Uesugi Kenshin during Japan's Sengoku period. He was counted among Kenshin's Twenty-Eight Generals.

He fought on the left flank at the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima in 1561.

In 1568, Honjō Shigenaga murdered Fujikage, and captured his castle.{{cite web|url=http://www.city.sanjo.niigata.jp/chiikikeiei/takajo.html|title=Takajo Castle Ruins - SANJO CITY|publisher=|access-date=2015-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133555/http://www.city.sanjo.niigata.jp/chiikikeiei/takajo.html|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}

References

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  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.

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Category:Samurai

Category:16th-century Japanese people

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