Yūki clan (結城氏 Yūki-shi ) is a Japanese samurai kin group.[ 1]
History
The Yūki claim descent from Fujiwara no Hidesato .[ 2]
The clan is composed of two branches: the Shimōsa Yūki and the Shirakawa Yūki.[ 2] Nanboku-chō period . One branch supported the Southern Imperial Court, and the other branch the Northern Pretenders.
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]
The Shirakawa branch was destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ;[ 2] daimyōs Yūki Domain in Shimōsa Province .
The Shimōsa Yūki became part of the Tokugawa clan .[ 2]
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]
Select list
Yūki Tomomitsu , 1168-1254, 1st head of Yūki Domain[ 2] Yūki Tomohiro , son of Tomomitsu[ 2] Yūki Hirotsugu , son of Tomohiro[ 1] Yūki Sukehiro , son of Tomohiro at Shirakawa in Mutsu, 1298[ 1] Yūki Munehiro , d. c. 1340[ 2] Yūki Chikatomo , d. 1347[ 2] Yūki Chikamitsu , d. 1336[ 2] Yūki Akitomo , d. c. 1370, son of Chikatomo[ 1] Yūki Ujitomo , 1398-1441[ 2] Yūki Noritomo , 1439-1462[ 2] Yūki Masatomo , 1477-1545[ 2] Yūki Masakatsu , 1504-1559[ 2] Yūki Harutomo , 1534-1616, adopted son of Oyama Taketomo [ 1] Yūki Hideyasu ,[ 1] Tokugawa Ieyasu Yūki Naomoto [ 1]
See also
References
^ a b c d e f g Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph . (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon ; Papinot, (2003). "Yūki," Nobiliare du Japon , pp. 71–72 ; retrieved 2013-5-6.^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric . (2005). "Yūki" in Japan Encyclopedia , p. 1066.^ Nussbaum, "Yūki-shi Hatto " at p. 1067 .
^ Papinot, (2003). "Yūki shi-ten", Nobiliare du Japon , p. 72 ; retrieved 2013-5-6.
