Editing Nagano Saemon

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Nagano Saemon
|image = ACSH Nagano Saemon 1.png
|birth = 
|death = 1582<br>[[Sotomo Cove]], [[Wakasa]], [[Japan]]
|species = [[Human]]
|affiliates = ''{{Wiki|Shinkage-ryū}}''
}}
'''Nagano Saemon''' (died 1582) was a [[Japan|Japanese]] [[samurai]] and a retainer to the {{Wiki|Uesugi Clan}} during the late [[Sengoku period]].

==Biography==
===Under Nobutsuna's tutelage===
By 1566, Nagano Saemon had studied with Kamiizumi Nobutsuna as both served the Uesugi Clan, under the ''[[daimyō]]'', General [[Uesugi Kenshin]]. Both men were part of the Sixteen Spears and seen as top students However, when the [[Takeda Clan]] {{Wiki|Siege of Minowa|sieged}} [[Minowa Castle]], Nobutsuna soon joined the Takeda Clan, much to Nagano's dismay. Angered at this betrayal, Nagano soon became mortal rivals against the Takeda Clan and sought vengeance.<ref name="Nobutsuna Students">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Nobutsuna's Students]]</ref>

===Life as a rōnin and death===
By 1582, Saemon became renowned as a master of the [[bow|''yumi'']] but continued to hold animosity against the Takeda Clan, taking any chance to take out any warriors from the Takeda's. [[Takeda Motoaki]], member of the Takeda clan in [[Wakasa]] and [[Shinbakufu]] member, sent his men to find and kill the samurai but they all fell to Saemon's bow. Leaving a trail of dead bodies, he found himself stationed at [[Sotomo Cove]] where he stood ready for any intruder. When fellow Nobutsuna student and [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] [[Yasuke]] came, he was nearly killed by Nagamo's [[arrow]].<ref name="Nobutsuna Students"/>

When Yasuke asked to learn the teachings of the bow, Saemon reluctantly agreed but challenged him to a fatal duel of the bows. Unfortunately, Yasuke managed to best him while Saemon laid bleeding from an arrow to his chest. In his last breath, he spoke of his loyalty to General Kenshin and asked for his forgiveness. Learning from Saemon's integrity, Yasuke bid him peace in death and acquired the bow, [[Blood Rain]], from his personal effects.<ref name="Nobutsuna Students"/>

==Behind the scenes==
Historically, there is mention of a "Nagano Zaemon" being part of the "Sixteen Spears of the Nagano House."<ref>{{WP|Nagamo Narimasa}}</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''

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