Ukita 宇喜多氏 | |
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![]() The emblem (
mon) of the Ukita clan | |
Home province | Bizen Province |
Final ruler | Ukita Hideie |
Ruled until | 1600 |
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 etc in the late Sengoku period. [1]
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]