Yūki clan

The Yūki family (結城氏, -shi) was a Japanese samurai clan composed of two branches: the Shimōsa 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 Shimōsa branch survived a short time longer as daimyo of Yūki Domain in Shimōsa 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.

See also

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