Ukita clan

Ukita
宇喜多氏
The emblem (mon) of the Ukita clan
Home provinceBizen Province
Final rulerUkita Hideie
Ruled until1600

The Ukita clan (宇喜多氏, Ukita-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan of daimyo. The Ukita clan ruled Bizen Province and Bingo Province during the late Sengoku period.[1]

History

The Ukita were a local samurai clan in Bizen that became powerful daimyo when Ukita Naoie was head of the clan.[2][3] Ukita Hideie became one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's five great senior retainers called Gotairō (Council of Five Elders), which took stewardship over Hideyoshi's infant son Hideyori upon Hideyoshi's death in 1598.[1] After friction between Hideyoshi's retainers Ishida Mitsunari and Tokugawa Ieyasu led to the Battle of Sekigahara, Hideie sided with Mitsunari as part of the Western Army. After the Western Army's defeat, the Tokugawa clan abolished the Ukita clan and Hideie was sentenced to exile on Hachijō-jima.[1]

Clan heads

  1. Ukita Muneie[4]
  2. Ukita Hisaie[4]
  3. Ukita Yoshiie[4]
  4. Ukita Okiie[5]
  5. Ukita Naoie[4]
  6. Ukita Hideie[4]

Notable retainers

References

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  2. ^ "朝日日本歴史人物事典「宇喜多直家」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Ukita Naoie". Okayama city. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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  5. ^ "「宇喜多直家」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b "デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus「戸川秀安母」の解説" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  7. ^ "デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus「戸川秀安」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  8. ^ "デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus「戸川逵安」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  9. ^ a b "花房志摩守正成の家譜について". Okayama city official. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  10. ^ "明石掃部". kotobank. Retrieved 23 October 2021.