14 Facts About Ukita Hideie

Ukita Hideie was the daimyo of Bizen and Mimasaka Provinces, and one of the council of Five Elders appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Hideie's father Ukita Naoie was daimyo of Bizen province and initially opposed, but later sided with Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

The Ukita Hideie were to keep watch on Mori Terumoto to the west.

In 1585, Hideie's forces under Ukita Tadaie led 23,000 men Toyotomi's forces in the Shikoku campaign against Chosokabe Motochika.

In 1586, Ukita Hideie was married to Hideyoshi's adopted daughter, Gohime.

In 1590, Ukita Hideie joined Hideyoshi's military campaigns in the Odawara campaign against Hojo Ujimasa.

Later in 1597, Ukita Hideie became a "Chief Commander Army of the Left" in the Second Korean campaigns, returning in 1598 to serve as one of Hideyoshi's five counselors along with Maeda Toshiie, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Mori Terumoto, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Some retainers, such as Sakazaki Naomori, who was Ukita Hideie's cousin, changed their allegiance into the master of Yasumasa, which is Ieyasu Tokugawa.

Ukita Hideie took 17,000 men to fight in the Battle of Sekigahara.

In early battle, Ukita Hideie's troops were winning the battle and pushing back Masanori's army being unaware that his allies stationed nearby had made a secret deal with the enemy, his momentum was halted, when his allies attacked and together with turncoats.

Ukita Hideie was angered by the betrayal and initially intended to hunt down Kobayakawa for a man-to-man duel but was stopped by his advisors.

Ukita Hideie eventually outlived his wife and all of the Sengoku Jidai era samurai except Sanada Nobuyuki.

Ukita Hideie was offered a conditional pardon after Ieyasu's death, but declined and never returned to the mainland.

Ukita Hideie's wife had died, the Toyotomi were defeated, there was no place to return to, his sons had fathered children on Hachijojima, and the Shogunate was to be inherited by members of the Tokugawa clan.