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Also in 1559, Uesugi Norimasa again urged Kenshin to campaign against the Hojo, a call for action that was seconded by [[Satomi Yoshitaka]]. Kenshin was able to oblige the following year with the capture of [[Numata castle]] in Kozuke. In [[1561]] Kenshin pushed further into the Hojo domain with the capture of Musashi-Matsuyama. He followed this up with a push on [[Odawara castle]] itself in [[Sagami province]]. Kenshin was able to break through the Hojo's defenses and burn Odawara Town but was unable to make any impression on the castle. For want of supplies he had to break camp within a few days and return to the north. But in the course of this campaign he had taken Kamakura and marked the occasion by a visit to the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, where he announced the adoption of both the name 'Uesugi' and the title of Kanto Kanrei.  

Also in 1559, Uesugi Norimasa again urged Kenshin to campaign against the Hojo, a call for action that was seconded by [[Satomi Yoshitaka]]. Kenshin was able to oblige the following year with the capture of [[Numata castle]] in Kozuke. In [[1561]] Kenshin pushed further into the Hojo domain with the capture of Musashi-Matsuyama. He followed this up with a push on [[Odawara castle]] itself in [[Sagami province]]. Kenshin was able to break through the Hojo's defenses and burn Odawara Town but was unable to make any impression on the castle. For want of supplies he had to break camp within a few days and return to the north. But in the course of this campaign he had taken Kamakura and marked the occasion by a visit to the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, where he announced the adoption of both the name 'Uesugi' and the title of Kanto Kanrei.  

For some time Kenshin had involved himself in the goings-on in neighboring [[Etchu province]], where the Jinbo and Shiina clans had been feuding since around [[1550]]. Kenshin had at first acted as a mediator between the two but in [[1560]] he entered the fight on the side of the Shiina and took [[Toyama pastle]] from the Jinbo in 3rd month of 1560. Later, Kenshin would turn on the Shiina when it seemed as if they were becoming too friendly with the Takeda; the Shiina's [[Matsukura castle]] was taken in [[1575]] and Kenshin at that point became the effective ruler of Etchu Province. The Jinbo and Shiina were both reduced to vassal houses.

For some time Kenshin had involved himself in the goings-on in neighboring [[Etchu province]], where the Jinbo and Shiina clans had been feuding since around [[1550]]. Kenshin had at first acted as a mediator between the two but in [[1560]] he entered the fight on the side of the Shiina and took [[Toyama castle]] from the Jinbo in 3rd month of 1560. Later, Kenshin would turn on the Shiina when it seemed as if they were becoming too friendly with the Takeda; the Shiina's [[Matsukura castle]] was taken in [[1575]] and Kenshin at that point became the effective ruler of Etchu Province. The Jinbo and Shiina were both reduced to vassal houses.

==The Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima ==

==The Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima ==