Nagano Narimasa

Nagano Narimasa (長野業正, 1491–1561) was a Japanese samurai retainer of the Uesugi clan during the Sengoku period and lord of Gunma. He was known for building Minowa Castle in 1526, and his skill at castle defense^[1]^[2] He also employed the famous spearman Kamiizumi Nobutsuna who founded the Shinkage-ryū swordsmanship school. He served prominently during the attack of Yamanaka Castle, held by Hōjō Ujiyasu, and when he defended Minowa Castle against Takeda Shingen for no less than seven years.

Only after his death did the castle fall to Shingen.^[3] According to Shōden Shinkage-ryū, there were 16 retainers under him which were called the "Sixteen Spears of Nagano House". Among them, Kamiizumi Nobutsuna and Nagano Zaemon was listed as top students. Nagano Zaemon went on to found a style of Koppojutsu and Sojutsu called Gyoshin Ryu. The Densho called Shinken Shobu Mokuroku which was originally written in 1603 was destroyed in World War II and was rewritten by a distant relative named Nagano Shigazato in 1981. Today it is rumored that a distant branch called Nagano Ryu Heihou is the keeper of the revised densho and was founded with its core teachings coming from the Shiken Shobu Mokuroku but this is a rumor and has not been proven.

He gave shelter to Sanada Yukitaka after Yukitaka defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo, a Daimyo of Shinano in 1541^[4]

The records of Chōnen-ji, the temple where Nagano was buried, dates his death to 1566.^[2]

References

↑ "Gyokuei Shūi", a Yagyū family record, in Yoshio Imamura (Ed.) Kaitei Shiryō Yagyū Shinkage-ryū Vol. 1. (1995) Shinjimbutsu Ōraisha, ISBN 4-404-02195-X
1 2 Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, Japanese language Wikipedia.
↑ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 217-218. ISBN 1854095234.
↑ Sengoku Biographical Dictionary

Prominent people of the Sengoku period

Three major daimyōs	Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideyoshi Tokugawa Ieyasu

Shogun	Ashikaga Yoshiharu Ashikaga Yoshiteru Ashikaga Yoshihide Ashikaga Yoshiaki Tokugawa Hidetada

Emperors	Go-Kashiwabara Go-Nara Ōgimachi Go-Yōzei

Other daimyōs	List of daimyōs from the Sengoku period

Swordsmen	Hikita Bungorō Kamiizumi Nobutsuna Miyamoto Musashi Sasaki Kojirō Tadashima Akiyama Tsukahara Bokuden Tsutsumi Hōzan Yagyū Munenori Yagyū Munetoshi

Ninja, rogues and mercenaries	Fūma Kotarō Hattori Hanzō Ishikawa Goemon Katō Danzō Kirigakure Shikaemon Kōzuki Sasuke Mochizuki Chiyome Nakamura Chōbei Ohama Kagetaka Saika Magoichi Suzuki Sadayu Suzuki Shigehide Suzuki Shigetomo Suzuki Magoroku Igasaki Dōshun

Monks and other religious figures	Ankokuji Ekei Honganji Kennyo Hon'inbō Sansa Ishin Sūden Jion Nankōbō Tenkai Rennyo Sessai Choro Shimozuma Chuko Shimozuma Rairen Shimozuma Rairyū Takuan Sōhō

Onna-bugeisha	Ii Naotora Ikeda Sen Kaihime Komatsuhime Maeda Matsu Ōhōri Tsuruhime Tachibana Ginchiyo

Other women	Asahihime Chacha Dota Gozen Gotokuhime Hosokawa Gracia Izumo no Okuni Kitsuno Kyōgoku Maria Kyōgoku Tatsuko Nene Nōhime Oeyo Oichi Ohatsu Okaji no Kata Lady Kasuga Lady Saigō Lady Tsukiyama Senhime Sentōin Tokuhime

See also	List of samurai from the Sengoku period

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