Yūki clan

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Yūki clan
結城氏
Home province Shimōsa
Mutsu
Parent house Ashikaga clan (Fujiwara)
Founder Yūki Tomomitsu
Cadet branches Shimōsa Yūki
Shirakawa Yūki

Yūki clan(結城氏,Yūki-shi) is a Japanese samurai kin group. [1]

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History

The Yūki claim descent from Fujiwara no Hidesato. [2]

Fujiwara no Hidesato samurai of mid-Heian period

Fujiwara no Hidesato, was a kuge of tenth century Heian Japan. He is famous for his military exploits and courage, and is regarded as the common ancestor of the Ōshū branch of the Fujiwara clan, the Yūki, Oyama, and Shimokōbe families.

The clan is composed of two branches: the Shimōsa Yūki and the Shirakawa Yūki. [2] The split happened during the Nanboku-chō period. One branch supported the Southern Imperial Court, and the other branch the Northern Pretenders.

Nanboku-chō period period (1336–1392) within the Muromachi period of Japanese history, in which two men had competing claims to the Japanese imperial throne

The Nanboku-chō period, spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Muromachi bakufu of Japanese history.

Like many samurai clans, the Yūki developed a code of provincial laws (bunkoku-hō). In 1556, Yūki Masakatsu published New Laws of the Yūki family(結城氏法度,Yūki-shi Hatto). [3]

Yūki Masakatsu Japanese samurai and daimyo of the Sengoku period

Yūki Masakatsu was a Japanese samurai during the Sengoku period. He was the head of the Yūki clan.

The Shirakawa branch was destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi; [2] but the Shimōsa branch survived as daimyōs of Yūki Domain in Shimōsa Province.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi Japanese daimyo, warrior, general and politician

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a preeminent daimyō, warrior, general, samurai, and politician of the Sengoku period who is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier". He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Warring Lords period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, named after Hideyoshi's castle. After his death, his young son Hideyori was displaced by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

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Yūki Domain Japanese historical estate in Shimousa province

Yūki Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Shimōsa Province. It was centered at Yūki castle in what is now part of the city of Yūki, Ibaraki. It was ruled for most of its history by a branch of the Mizuno clan.

The Shimōsa Yūki became part of the Tokugawa clan. [2]

Tokugawa clan noble family

The Tokugawa clan was a powerful daimyō family of Japan. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and were a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Nitta clan. The early history of this clan remains a mystery. Members of the clan ruled Japan as shōguns from 1603 to 1867.

The main samurai vassals of the Yūki (Yūki shi-ten) included the Tagaya clan, the Mizutani clan, the Yamakawa clan and the Iwakami clan. [4]

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References

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  4. Papinot, (2003). "Yūki shi-ten", Nobiliare du Japon, p. 72; retrieved 2013-5-6.