is a Japanese samurai kin group.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.
History The Yūki claim descent from Fujiwara no Hidesato.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yūki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1066.
The clan is composed of two branches: the Shimōsa Yūki and the Shirakawa Yūki. 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 .Nussbaum, "Yūki-shi Hatto" at p. 1067.
The Shirakawa branch was destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi; but the Shimōsa branch survived as daimyōs of Yūki Domain in Shimōsa Province.
The Shimōsa Yūki became part of the Tokugawa clan.
The main samurai vassals of the Yūki (Yūki shi-ten) included the Tagaya clan, the Mizutani clan, the Yamakawa clan and the Iwakami clan.Papinot, (2003). "Yūki shi-ten", Nobiliare du Japon, p. 72; retrieved 2013-5-6.
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Yūki Tomomitsu, 1168-1254, 1st head of Yūki Domain Yūki Tomohiro, son of Tomomitsu Yūki Hirotsugu, son of Tomohiro Yūki Sukehiro, son of Tomohiro at Shirakawa in Mutsu, 1298 Yūki Munehiro, d. c. 1340 Yūki Chikatomo, d. 1347 Yūki Chikamitsu, d. 1336 Yūki Akitomo, d. c. 1370, son of Chikatomo Yūki Ujitomo, 1398-1441 Yūki Noritomo, 1439-1462 Yūki Masatomo, 1477-1545 Yūki Masakatsu, 1504-1559 Yūki Harutomo, 1534-1616, adopted son of Oyama Taketomo Yūki Hideyasu, adopted son of Tokugawa Ieyasu Yūki Naomoto
See also Yūki Kassen Ekotoba, scroll painting depicting Yūki Ujitomo's rebellion against the Ashikaga shogunate
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