Yūki clan

is a Japanese samurai kin group.

History

The YÅ«ki claim descent from Fujiwara no Hidesato.

The clan is composed of two branches: the Shimōsa Yūki and the Shirakawa Yūki. The split happened during the 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 .

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

The Shimōsa Yūki became part of the Tokugawa clan.

The main samurai vassals of the YÅ«ki (YÅ«ki shi-ten) included the Tagaya clan, the Mizutani clan, the Yamakawa clan and the Iwakami clan.

Select list

• YÅ«ki Tomomitsu, 1168-1254, 1st head of YÅ«ki Domain
• YÅ«ki Tomohiro, son of Tomomitsu
• YÅ«ki Hirotsugu, son of Tomohiro
• YÅ«ki Sukehiro, son of Tomohiro at Shirakawa in Mutsu, 1298
• YÅ«ki Munehiro, d. c. 1340
• YÅ«ki Chikatomo, d. 1347
• YÅ«ki Chikamitsu, d. 1336
• YÅ«ki Akitomo, d. c. 1370, son of Chikatomo
• YÅ«ki Ujitomo, 1398-1441
• YÅ«ki Noritomo, 1439-1462
• YÅ«ki Masatomo, 1477-1545
• YÅ«ki Masakatsu, 1504-1559
• YÅ«ki Harutomo, 1534-1616, adopted son of Oyama Taketomo
• YÅ«ki Hideyasu, adopted son of Tokugawa Ieyasu
• YÅ«ki Naomoto

See also

• YÅ«ki Kassen Ekotoba, scroll painting depicting YÅ«ki Ujitomo's rebellion against the Ashikaga shogunate

References