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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