Uesugi Noriaki

Uesugi Noriaki (1306–1368) was a warrior of the Northern and Southern Courts era, founder of the Yamanouchi Uesugi line and the first Kantō kanrei. A cousin of Ashikaga Takauji, he served the Kamakura government and, after his father Norifusa fell in 1336, succeeded him as shugo of Kōzuke. From 1341 he also held Echigo, subduing local Southern Court risings.

He sided with Ashikaga Tadayoshi in the Kannō Disturbance and was driven out in 1351. Pardoned in 1361, he became Kantō kanrei in 1363.