Nagao Harukage

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Nagao".

Nagao Harukage (長尾 晴景, 1509 – March 23, 1553) was Uesugi Kenshin's older brother, and successor to his father Nagao Tamekage in 1536. Harukage, being weak willed and sickly, was leader in name only. The real power was held by his chief advisor, Chiba Torataka, who organized Tamekage's former vassals behind him, apparently with the intention of replacing Harukage with Kenshin. Harukage left all affairs in the hands of Torataka, and eventually was replaced by Kenshin as head of the clan. In a surprising turn of events, Torataka was cast out by Kenshin who stated that he found Torataka's treachery and duplicity unsuited to such high office. Torataka returned to the main Chiba branch in Shimōsa and found a position as an administrator. He reconciled with Harukage, who was taken in by the Chiba and used as a figurehead to justify the clan's animosity in the coming years towards the Nagao/Uesugi.

References

• Abe, Yoshichiro "Sengoku no Kassen Zenroku" (戦国の合戦全録) Japan, 1973
• Takayama, Kiyotaka (1893). "Chiba-ki" (千葉記). Tokyo: Keizai Zasshisha.