Uesugi Norifusa

Uesugi Norifusa was a warrior of the late Kamakura and Southern and Northern Courts era, third head of the Uesugi clan and maternal uncle of Ashikaga Takauji. For helping overthrow the Kamakura shogunate he received a jitō post in Izu Province in 1333 and served the Kenmu government.

War resumed and he became shugo of Kōzuke Province to watch Nitta Yoshisada. He marched on Kyoto with Takauji and died fighting at Shijō Kawara on 10 March 1336, covering Takauji's flight to Kyushu. His sons Noriaki and Norifuji founded the Yamanouchi and Inukake Uesugi lines.