Ukita clan

The Ukita clan (宇喜多氏, Ukita-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan of daimyos. The Ukita clan ruled Bizen Province and Bingo Province, in the late Sengoku period.^[1]

Ukita 宇喜多氏
The emblem (mon) of the Ukita clan
Home province	Bizen Province
Final ruler	Ukita Hideie
Ruled until	1600

History

The Ukita were a local samurai clan in Bizen but became powerful daimyo when Ukita Naoie was the head of the clan.^[2][3] Ukita Hideie became Toyotomi Hideyoshi's one of the five great senior retainers called Gotairō who helped Hideyoshi.^[1] Hideie belonged to the West squad in the Battle of Sekigahara, after the battle Ukita clan was demolished and Hideie was sentenced to exile on the Hachijō-jima.^[1]

Clan heads

1. Ukita Muneie^[4]
2. Ukita Hisaie^[4]
3. Ukita Yoshiie^[4]
4. Ukita Okiie^[5]
5. Ukita Naoie^[4]
6. Ukita Hideie^[4]

Notable retainers

• Ukita Haruie
• Ukita Tadaie: Naoie's younger brother.^[6]
• Togawa Hideyasu : He was a senior retainer of Naoie.^[7] His mother was a wet nurse of Naoie's younger brother Ukita Tadaie.^[6]
• Togawa Michiyasu : Togawa Hideyasu's son. He founded Niwase Domain after the Battle of Sekigahara^[8]
• Osafune Sadachika
• Oka Ietoshi
• Hanabusa Masayuki : He was a senior retainer.^[9]
• Hanbusa Masanari : Hanabusa Masayuki's son.^[9]
• Akashi Yukikatsu
• Akashi Takenori : His wife was Ukita Hideie's sister.^[10]