Used in Chinese for the Japanese name
景虎 (Kagetora, 'shadow tiger'). The most famous bearers are
长尾景虎 (Nagao Kagetora) - the youthful name of the legendary Sengoku warlord later known as
上杉谦信 (Uesugi Kenshin) - and his adopted son
上杉景虎 (Uesugi Kagetora, 1554-1579), whose succession dispute with Uesugi Kagekatsu sparked the Otate no Ran civil war.
