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| Ukita Hideie | |
| Born: | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Place of Birth: | Unknown |
| Died: | 1662 |
| Cause of Death: | Unknown |
| Place of Death: | Unknown |
| Style name: | 宇喜多 秀家 |
| Served: | Toyotomi Ukita |
| Participation(s): | Siege of Ichinomiya Battle of Takajō Battle of Sekigahara |
Ukita Hideie (宇喜多 秀家), was a Toyotomi retainer and nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Ukita Hideie was also one of The Five Elders of Toyotomi.
Biography[]
Ukita Hideie was still a child at the time of his father Ukita Naoie’s death and was subsequently raised under the care of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, to whom he remained a loyal retainer throughout his life.[1] He later married Go-hime, a daughter of Maeda Toshiie.[2]
During the Toyotomi clan’s invasion of Shikoku, Ukita Hideie commanded a force of approximately 23,000 troops, which was assigned to the assault Sanuki Province.[3]
Following the Toyotomi clan’s invasion of Korea, Hideie was appointed commander-in-chief.[4]
In 1600, during the Battle of Sekigahara, Ukita Hideie joined the Western Army and commanded the center division alongside Konishi Yukinaga.[5] His forces were the first to engage in combat, opening fire on the troops of Ii Naomasa, successfully driving them back in the initial stages of the battle.[6] Hideie later confronted the army of Fukushima Masanori, but was ultimately defeated.[7] After the battle, he fled to Satsuma.[8]
In 1603, the Shimazu clan surrendered him to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who, in 1606, ordered his exile to Hachijōjima. Following his banishment, he entered Buddhist monastic life under the name Raifu.[9] Ukita Hideie remained in exile for the rest of his life, passing away at the age of 90.[10]
Sources[]
- ↑ Stephen Turnbull, The Samurai Sourcebook, p. 89.
- ↑ Japan Encyclopedia, Louis-Frédéric, p. 1011.
- ↑ Stephen Turnbull, The Samurai Sourcebook, p. 236.
- ↑ Stephen Turnbull, The Samurai Sourcebook, p. 89.
- ↑ Stephen Turnbull, The Samurai Sourcebook, p. 252.
- ↑ Stephen Turnbull, The Samurai Sourcebook, p. 253.
- ↑ Stephen Turnbull, The Samurai Sourcebook, p. 34.
- ↑ Stephen Turnbull, The Samurai Sourcebook, p. 89.
- ↑ Japan Encyclopedia, Louis-Frédéric, p. 1011.
- ↑ Stephen Turnbull, The Samurai Sourcebook, p. 89.