The Ukita clan (宇喜多氏, ''Ukita-shi'') was a Japanese

samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...

clan of daimyos. The Ukita clan ruled

Bizen Province was a province of Japan on the Inland Sea side of Honshū, in what is today the southeastern part of Okayama Prefecture. It was sometimes called , with Bitchū and Bingo Provinces. Bizen borders Mimasaka, Harima, and Bitchū Provinces. Bizen ...

and Bingo Province etc in the late

Sengoku period The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...

History

The Ukita were a local samurai clan in Bizen but became powerful daimyo when

Ukita Naoie was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period. He was born in Bizen Province, to Ukita Okiie, a local samurai leader and head of the Ukita clan. Biography Naoie's grandfather Yoshiie was killed by Shimamura clan in 1534, Naoie narrowly es ...

was the head of the clan.

Ukita Hideie was the ''daimyō'' of Bizen and Mimasaka Provinces (modern Okayama Prefecture), and one of the council of Five Elders appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Son of Ukita Naoie, he married Gōhime, a daughter of Maeda Toshiie. Having fought again ...

became

Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...

's one of the five great senior retainers called ''Gotairō'' who helped Hideyoshi. Hideie belonged to the West squad in the

Battle of Sekigahara The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: ; Kyūjitai: , Hepburn romanization: ''Sekigahara no Tatakai'') was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu prefecture, Japan, at the end of ...

, after the battle Ukita clan was demolished and Hideie was sentenced to exile on the

Hachijō-jima is a volcanic Japanese island in the Philippine Sea. It is about south of the special wards of Tokyo. It is part of the Izu archipelago and within the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. Its only municipality is Hachijō. On 1 March 2018, its po ...

Clan heads

# Ukita Muneie # Ukita Hisaie # Ukita Yoshiie # Ukita Okiie #

Notable retainers

* Ukita Haruie * Ukita Tadaie: Naoie's younger brother. * Togawa Hideyasu : He was a senior retainer of Naoie. His mother was a wet nurse of Naoie's younger brother Ukita Tadaie. * Togawa Michiyasu : Togawa Hideyasu's son. He founded

Niwase Domain The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Bitchū Province in modern-day Okayama Prefecture.Battle of Sekigahara The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: ; Kyūjitai: , Hepburn romanization: ''Sekigahara no Tatakai'') was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu prefecture, Japan, at the end of ...

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*, Japanese footballer {{disambiguation, surname Japanese- ...

* Oka Ietoshi *

Hanabusa Masayuki was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period, who served the Ukita clan(Ukita Naoie and Ukita Hideie was the ''daimyō'' of Bizen and Mimasaka Provinces (modern Okayama Prefecture), and one of the council of Five ...

: He was a senior retainer. * Hanbusa Masanari : Hanabusa Masayuki's son. * Akashi Yukikatsu * Akashi Takenori : His wife was Ukita Hideie's sister.

References

{{reflist Sengoku period Daimyo