Yūki clan

The Yūki family (結城氏, "-shi") was a Japanese samurai clan comprised of two branches: the Shimousa Yūki and the Shirakawa Yūki. Descended from the famous "kuge" (court noble) Fujiwara no Hidesato, the clan became split during the Nanboku-chō Wars of the 14th century, in which one branch supported the Southern Imperial Court, and the other branch the Northern Pretenders.

Like many samurai clans the Yūki wrote a set of family laws called "Yūki-shi Hatto" (結城氏法度).

The Shirakawa branch was destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the end of the 16th century, but the Shimousa branch survived a short time longer as daimyo of Yūki Domain in Shimousa Province. Through adoption they became absorbed into the Tokugawa clan as a branch family.

Family members of Note

*Oyama Tomomitsu (1168-1254) - retainer of Minamoto no Yoritomo and founder of Yūki Domain
*Yūki Tomohiro - son of Tomomitsu
*Yūki Munehiro (d. c. 1340)
*Yūki Chikatomo (d. 1347)
*Yūki Chikamitsu (d. 1336)
*Yūki Akitomo (d. c. 1370)
*Yūki Ujitomo (1398-1441)
*Yūki Noritomo (1439-1462)
*Yūki Masatomo (1477-1545)
*Yūki Masakatsu (1504-1559)
*Yūki Harutomo (1534-1616)

References

*Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
*Sansom, George (1961). "A History of Japan: 1334-1615." Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.

ee also

*"Yūki Kassen Ekotoba" (結城合戦絵詞) - a scroll painting depicting Yūki Ujitomo's rebellion against the Ashikaga shogunate