Legends of the Samurai by Hiroaki Sato

Author:Hiroaki Sato [Sato, Hiroaki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LCO004030, FIC051000, FIC010000, FIC032000, HIS020000
ISBN: 9781468301373
Publisher: The Overlook Press
Published: 2012-03-05T18:30:00+00:00

TAKEDA SHINGEN AND

UESUGI KENSHIN:

TWO WARLORDS

DURING JAPAN’S “AGE OF WARRING STATES” several outstanding warlords emerged. Among them, Takeda Shingen Harunobu (1521-73), of Kai, and Uesugi Kenshin Terutora (1530-78), of Echigo, are often cited together. They were neighbors who confronted each other five times at a place called Kawanakajima,1 and their characters contrasted distinctly. Shingen was a careful administrator who prompted a retainer to compile his words and deeds in many volumes, Kenshin a soldier pure and simple whose spirit of fair play was admired even by his enemies, Shingen among them.

Indeed, if, by happy coincidence, the best-known words on governance during this prolonged period of civil war come from Shingen, so does the best commendation of Kenshin. Shingen’s wisdom on how to run a country is summarized in the following homiletic verse:

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