Chūjō Kagenaga

Chūjō Kagenaga was a warrior of the Chūjō house of Musashi Province, one of the Yokoyama party bands that had served the Kamakura shogunate. In 1290 he is recorded as shugo, or military governor, of Owari Province. In 1333 he followed Ashikaga Takauji in the campaigns that overthrew the Kamakura shogunate.

He held Koromo Castle in Mikawa Province. After his eldest son Tokinaga moved to Ōshū in 1334, his second son Nagahide succeeded him as castellan in 1354.