In 1601, Kagekatsu travelled to Kyoto with Kanetsugu NAOE to apologize to Ieyasu, as well as had Kikuhime, his wife, taken by Ieyasu as a hostage; this allowed for the survival of the Uesugi clan. |
慶長6年(1601年)、直江兼続と共に上洛して家康に謝罪し、また正室菊姫を人質として家康へ差し出したことにより、上杉氏の存続は許された。 |