Irobe Katsunaga

In this Japanese name, the family name is Irobe.

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 as one of the most respected men under Uesugi Kenshin.^[1] He saw action at the 4th Battle of Kawanakajima of 1561 and the Battle of Sano 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

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↑ (Japanese) 平林城埋もれた古城

External links

History of Hirabayashi Castle (in Japanese)
Irobe family information (in Japanese)

Twenty-Eight Generals of the Uesugi

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 Naganori Shimazu Norihisa Gejō Saneyori Suda Chikamitsu Suibara Takaie Takanashi Masayori Takenomata Hirotsuna Taiga Tadahide Usami Sadamitsu Watanuki Hirotsuna Yamayoshi Toyomori Yasuda Nagahide

Four Heavenly Kings of the Uesugi	Amakasu Kagemochi Kakizaki Kageie Naoe Kanetsugu Usami Sadamitsu

Twenty-Five Generals of the Uesugi	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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