Honjō Shigenaga

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi painted Honjō Shigenaga parrying an exploding shell

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Honjō".

Honjō Shigenaga (本庄繁長, January 12, 1540 – January 29, 1614) was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period through Edo Period, who served the Uesugi clan. He held the court title Echizen no kami.

Shigenaga fought at the Battle of Kawanakajima.

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Amakasu Kagemochi Ayukawa Kiyonaga Gejō Saneyori Honjō Shigenaga Inoue Kiyomasa Irobe Katsunaga Kaji Tomotsuna Kakizaki Kageie Koshi Hidekage Matsumoto Kageshige Murakami Yoshikiyo Nagao Fujikage Naoe Kagetsuna Nakajō Fujisuke Ōsaki Takakiyo Saitō Tomonobu Shibata Harunaga Shibata Naganori Shimazu Norihisa Gejō Saneyori Suda Chikamitsu Suibara Takaie Takanashi Masayori Takenomata Hirotsuna Taiga Tadahide Usami Sadamitsu Watanuki Hirotsuna Yamayoshi Toyomori Yasuda Nagahide

Four Heavenly Kings of the Uesugi	Amakasu Kagemochi Kakizaki Kageie Naoe Kanetsugu Usami Sadamitsu

Twenty-Five Generals of the Uesugi	Amakasu Kiyonaga Chisaka Kagechika Honjō Kaneyori Honjō Shigenaga Irobe Nagazane Iwai Nobuyoshi Kaji Harutsuna Kakizaki Kageie Kanazu Yoshimoto Kitajō Kagehiro Nagao Kageharu Nagao Masakage Nakajō Fujisuke Naoe Kagetsuna Niitsu Katsusuke Oguni Yorihisa Saitō Tomonobu Sanponji Kagenaga Shida Yoshihide Suibara Chikanori Takanashi Masayori Takenomata Yoshitsuna Usami Sadamitsu Yasuda Yoshimoto Yoshie Sadanaka

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