Yūki (clan)

Crest of the Yūki (triple tomoe )

The Yūki ( Japanese 結城氏 ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from Fujiwara no Hidesato (藤原秀郷, 10th century).

Genealogy (selection)

Tomomitsu (朝光) was the son of Oyama Masamitsu (小山政光) and descendant of Hidesato in the 10th generation. He received the fief of Yūki in Shimousa Province and adopted that name. His mother had been the wet nurse of Minamoto no Yoritomo and advised him to overthrow the taira with Tomomitsu. Tomomitsu defeated Fujiwara no Yasuhira (藤原泰衡; 1155–1189) in Mutsu province in a campaign in 1189 , which led to the end of the Ōshū Fujiwara (欧州藤原). When Kajiwara Kagetoki rioted , he marched against him and defeated him in Suruga in 1200. He later received the title "Kazusa no suke" (上総介).
Tomohiro (朝廣) was a son of Tomomitsu. He had two sons: the elder, Hirotsugu, received the Yūki's domain and passed it on to his descendants, the other, Sukehiro, settled in Shirakawa ( Mutsu Province ) in 1280 , where his family resided for several centuries.
Munehiro (宗廣) was a son of Sukehiro. He carried the title "Kōzuke no suke" (上野介). He shaved his hair, devoted himself to Buddhism and called himself Dōchū. As castellan of Shirakawa he first served the Hōjō and took part in the battle in 1331 against Emperor Go-Daigo on Mount Kasagi. When the emperor was able to withdraw from Ōki and flee to Funanoe-sen (船上山) in the province of Hōki , he called all his loyal vassals together there. Munehiro then left the Hōjō party and joined Nitta Yoshisada and supported him in 1333 in the conquest of Kamakuras . With Prince Yoshisada he went to Mutsu and fought against Ashikaga Takauji there . When he was beaten in 1338 at Nara with Kitabatake Akiie (北畠顕家, 1318–1338), he took refuge in Yoshino . Back in Mutsu he raised an army and reached Anotsu (安濃津) in the province of Ise with it by sea . Soon after landing, he fell ill and died.
Chikatomo (親朝), Munehiro's eldest son, fought on the side of Emperor Go-Daigo against the Hōjō and then against the Ashikaga. But when he saw that his opponents were successful everywhere, he joined the Nordhof in 1340
Chikamitsu (親光; † 1382) was Chikatomo's brother. He fought on the side of Daibutsu Sadanao against Kusunoki Masashige , whom he besieged in his Akasaka castle in the province of Kawachi . In 1333 he defended Rokuhara in Kyoto against the imperial army. He later fought the Ashikaga and defeated Ashikaga Takauji at Seta . When Emperor Go-Daigo fled to Mount Hiei, Chikamitsu stayed in Kyoto. Attacked by a superior force, he made an offer of peace, but Takauji distrusted him and sent Ōtomo sadanori to negotiate with him. During the negotiations, Chikamatsu attacked Sadanori and killed him with a single blow. He himself then fell, overwhelmed by the Ashikaga soldiers.
Akitomo (顯朝) was a son of Chikatomos. He served the Ashikaga and fought together with Hatakeyama Takakuni (畠山高国; 1305-1351) Kitabatake Chikafusa , who was forced to flee to Yoshino. In 1350, when Ashikaga Tadayoshi joined the South Court, Akitomo wanted to join it. But Takauji prevented that by threatening to confiscate all of his domains. Akitomo now joined him against Kitabatake Akinobu. In 1369 he transferred his domains to his son Mitsutomo. - His descendants held the Shirakawa domain for 200 years until the last, namely Yoshiaki, was deposed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1590.
Ujitomo (氏朝; 1398–1441), a descendant of the main branch, inherited the domain Yūki. In 1440 he adopted Haruō-maru (春王丸) and Yasuō-maru (安王丸), both sons of the former Kanryō Ashikaga Mochiuji (1398-1439). He was trapped in his Koga castle by Uesugi Kiyotaka , eventually defeated and killed with his two young protégés.
Naritomo (成朝; 1439–1462) was only two years old when his father Ujitomo died. Protected by his father's loyal servants, Satake welcomed Yoshitoshi as a guest. In 1454 the Ashikaga returned his domain to him. He was in constant battle with the Uesugi.
Masatomo (政朝; 1477–1545), Naritomo's grandson, had to deal with the Utsunomiya in his neighborhood, who wanted to oust him from his domain. But he could hit her. In 1525 he gave his property to his son Masakatsu, shaved his head and called himself Kōshō.
Masakatsu (政勝; 1504–1559), son of Masatomos, was constantly fighting with his vassals, the Oda, Takayama and others who wanted their independence.
Harutomo (晴朝; 1534–1614), a son of Oyama Takatomo, was adopted by his uncle Masakatsu, followed him and continued fighting against the vassals. Since he had no children, he turned to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and asked him to choose an heir. Hideyoshi chose Hideyasu, a son of Tokugawa Ieyasu , who then took the name Yūki. In 1590, Harutomi gave the administration of his domain to Hideysu, followed him to the province of Echizen when he was transferred there. Masakatsu died there.
Hideyasu (秀康; 1554-1607) called himself as belonging to the Tokugawa clan, after his transfer to Echizen Matsudaira and transferred the continuation of the Yūki line to his fourth son Naomoto.

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b The "north and south courts" ( Nambokuchō ) as two competing imperial courts existed in Japanese history at the beginning of the Muromachi period from 1336 to 1392.

literature

Edmond Papinot: Yūki, 結城 In: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .

[A-1] The "north and south courts" ( Nambokuchō ) as two competing imperial courts existed in Japanese history at the beginning of the Muromachi period from 1336 to 1392.