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* ''Title: Shinano no kami''
* ''Title: Shinano no kami''
* ''Sons: Harukage, (Kuroda) Kageyasu, Kagefusa, Kagetora (Uesugi Kenshin)''
* ''Sons: [[Nagao Harukage|Harukage]] , [[Kuroda Kageyasu|Kageyasu]] and [[Uesugi Kenshin|Kagetora]] ''
Tamekage was the son of [[Nagao Yoshikage|Nagao Yoshikage]] (1459-1506). He was nominally the [[Uesugi clan|Uesugi's]] governor for [[ Echigo province|Echigo]] but clashed with his overlords in 1509. He also fought with [[Jojo Sadanori|Jojo Sadamori]] in 1513. In 1520 he attacked [[Etchu province|Etchû provnce]] and defeated the [[Shiina family|Shiina family]], soon afterwards defeating and forcing the suicide of [[Jinbo Yoshimune|Jinbo Yoshimune]]. He became involved in a conflict with the [[Ikko-Ikki|Ikko Ikki]] of [[Kaga province|Kaga}} and was defeated and killed at [[Etchu province|Sendanno]] by [[Enami Kazuyori|Enami Kazuyori]] sometime around 1536. He was succeeded by his eldest son [[Nagao Harukage|Harukage]]. His wife, known to us as Tora gozen, and the mother of [[Uesugi Kenshin|Kagetora]], lived to 1568 in Kasugayama Castle|]]Kasugayama Castle]].
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