Uesugi Harunori
Uesugi Harunori | |
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| 上杉 治憲 | |
Uesugi Harunori | |
| Monarch | Shōgun |
| 9th Daimyō of Yonezawa Domain | |
| In office 1767–1785 | |
| Preceded by | Uesugi Shigesada |
| Succeeded by | Uesugi Haruhiro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 9, 1751 Edo, Japan |
| Died | April 2, 1822 (aged 70) |
| Spouse(s) | Kō, daughter of Uesugi Shigesada |
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Uesugi Harunori (上杉 治憲; September 9, 1751 – April 2, 1822) was the 9th daimyō of Yonezawa Domain in Dewa Province, Japan (modern-day Yamagata Prefecture), under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. After retirement, he adopted the gō, or pen name, Yōzan (鷹山). Today, he is best remembered for his financial reforms, and he is often cited as an example of a good governor of a domain.