I fight my enemies with swords, not with salt.
我が命のある間、国家を裏切ることはしない。
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The 'Dragon of Echigo' — a Sengoku-era warlord whose devotion to righteous warfare and Buddhist faith made him Japan's most paradoxical military figure
The 'Dragon of Echigo' — a Sengoku-era warlord whose devotion to righteous warfare and Buddhist faith made him Japan's most paradoxical military figure (1530-1578). Uesugi Kenshin fought not for territorial expansion but for justice and honor, yet his battlefield genius made him perhaps the finest tactical commander of his age.
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