Yūki clan (結城氏, Yūki-shi) is a Japanese samurai kin group.[1]

Yūki
結城
Home provinceShimōsa
Mutsu
Parent houseAshikaga clan (Fujiwara)
FounderYūki Tomomitsu
Cadet branchesYūki Shimōsa
Yūki Shirakawa

History

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The Yūki claim descent from Fujiwara no Hidesato.[2]

The clan is composed of two branches: the Shimōsa Yūki and the Shirakawa Yūki.[2] 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 New Laws of the Yūki family (結城氏法度, Yūki-shi Hatto).[3]

The Shirakawa branch was destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi;[2] but the Shimōsa branch survived as daimyōs of 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]

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yūki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1066.
  3. ^ Nussbaum, "Yūki-shi Hatto" at p. 1067.
  4. ^ Papinot, (2003). "Yūki shi-ten", Nobiliare du Japon, p. 72; retrieved 2013-5-6.