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
御館の
乱 (Otate no Ran) civil war.
