Uesugi clan
| Uesugi 上杉 | |
|---|---|
The emblem (mon) of the Uesugi clan | |
| Home province | |
| Parent house | Fujiwara clan (藤原氏) |
| Titles | Various |
| Founder | Uesugi Shigefusa |
| Current head | Uesugi Kuninori |
| Founding year | Late 13th century |
| Dissolution | still extant |
| Ruled until | 1868 (Abolition of the han system) |
| Cadet branches | Ōgigayatsu Uesugi Inukake Uesugi Yamanouchi Uesugi |
The Uesugi clan (上杉氏, Uesugi-shi, historically also Uyesugi) is a Japanese samurai clan which was at its peak one of the most powerful during the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (14th to 17th centuries). At its height, the clan had three main branches: the Ōgigayatsu, Inukake, and Yamanouchi. Its most well-known member is the warlord Uesugi Kenshin (1530–1578).
During the Edo period, the Uesugi were a tozama or outsider clan, in contrast with the fudai or insider daimyō clans which had been hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan.