Personnalité historique

Ukita Hideie

Daimyō of Bizen · Member of the council of five regents (Go-tairō)

Ukita Hideie (1572–1655), daimyō of Bizen Province, is the man who gave Okayama Castle its silhouette as the ‘Crow Castle’. Son of Ukita Naoie, who had made Okayama his base from 1570, he completed in 1597 the black keep with a pentagonal base on Okayama Hill and organised the castle town around it. A protégé of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he became Hideyoshi's adoptive son-in-law through his marriage to Gōhime, daughter of Maeda Toshiie, and was one of the five great regents (Go-tairō). He commanded troops during the Korean campaigns. Fighting for the Western Army at Sekigahara in 1600, he lost his domains, which passed to Kobayakawa Hideaki, and he spent the rest of his life in exile on the island of Hachijō-jima, where he died in 1655.

Portrait de Ukita Hideie
Naissance1572, province de Bizen
Décès1655, Hachijō-jima
FonctionDaimyō of Bizen · Member of the council of five regents (Go-tairō)
MaisonClan Ukita
ÉpoqueAzuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods
Histoire & patrimoine

The builder of Crow Castle

When Hideie inherited the Bizen domain, his father Ukita Naoie had already made Okayama the centre of his power. The son transformed the site into a true castle of the Momoyama period: he set the keep on Okayama Hill, on the edge of the Asahi River, on a stone base with an irregular pentagonal plan. Completed in 1597, the structure was clad in black boards and, according to tradition, decorated with gold tiles, hence the nicknames Crow Castle and Golden Crow Castle. The present castle, rebuilt in 1966 after its destruction in 1945, follows this silhouette.

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Frise chronologique

Repères dans sa vie

1572

Born in Bizen Province, son of Ukita Naoie.

1582

Death of his father; he inherits the domain under the protection of Hideyoshi.

1586

Marriage to Gōhime, daughter of Maeda Toshiie, adopted by Hideyoshi.

1592-1593

Commander during the first Korean campaign; wounded at the siege of Haengju.

1597

Completion of the keep of Okayama Castle.

1598

Member of the council of five regents alongside Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maeda Toshiie, Uesugi Kagekatsu and Mōri Terumoto.

1600

Fights for the Western Army at Sekigahara; his lands and Okayama pass to Kobayakawa Hideaki.

1655

Dies in exile on the island of Hachijō-jima.

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Personnalités liées

Portrait de Ukita Naoie
Ukita NaoieFatherLord of Bizen who made Okayama his base from 1570.→
Portrait de Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi HideyoshiProtector and overlordHideyoshi protected him from childhood and named him among the five regents.→
Portrait de Maeda Toshiie
Maeda ToshiieFather-in-lawFather of his wife Gōhime.→
Portrait de Kobayakawa Hideaki
Kobayakawa HideakiSuccessor at OkayamaReceived Okayama and the Ukita lands after Sekigahara.→
Portrait de Ikeda Tsunamasa
Ikeda TsunamasaChâteau en commun→
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Ukita Hideie dans l’histoire

A Hideyoshi regent brought down at Sekigahara

Close to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and married to Gōhime, daughter of Maeda Toshiie adopted by Hideyoshi, Hideie sat in 1598 on the council of five regents charged with governing during the minority of Toyotomi Hideyori. He commanded troops in Korea (1592–1598). In 1600, he fought for the Western Army at Sekigahara; weakened by defections within his own clan, he was defeated, lost his domains and was exiled to the island of Hachijō-jima with his sons. He died there in 1655, at an advanced age, long outliving most of the figures of his time.

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