Western ArmyUkita
Ukita Hideie
宇喜多秀家
“Youngest of the Five Elders”
1572–1655 (aged 84)
- Rank / office
- Middle Counsellor
- Domain / base
- Okayama, Bizen
- Banner / crest
- The character "ji"
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Succeeding to the house as a child on the death of his father Naoie, he was raised as Hideyoshi's adopted son and joined the Five Elders. At Sekigahara he led the Western Army's largest contingent, 17,000 men, in a day-long struggle with Fukushima Masanori. Defeated, he fled to Satsuma and was later exiled to Hachijō-jima, where he lived to 84 as the last living witness of Sekigahara.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1582Tenshō 10
Succession
Inherited the Ukita house as a child on his father Naoie's death.
- 1597Keichō 2
The Five Elders
Trusted by Hideyoshi, he became the youngest of the Five Elders.
- 1600Keichō 5
Sekigahara
Led the Western Army's largest contingent in a death struggle with the Fukushima.
Battle of Sekigahara 17,000 troops Watch in 3D › Led the Western Army's largest contingent, 17,000 men, in a death struggle with Fukushima before the defection struck his flank and his force was routed. - 1606Keichō 11
Exile to Hachijō-jima
Banished to Hachijō-jima, where he lived on for fifty years.
