Hojo Ujiyuki
Encyclopedia
was a Japanese daimyo
of the late Edo period
who ruled the Sayama Domain
of Kawachi Province
. He succeeded to the family headship in 1861. Though Ujiyuki was named domainal governor (藩知事 han chiji) by the Meiji government, he willingly resigned this position in 1869.
Daimyo
is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...
of the late Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
who ruled the Sayama Domain
Sayama Domain
The ' was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Kawachi Province, and headquartered in what is now Ōsakasayama. It was ruled for the entirety of its history by the Hōjō clan, a branch of the Late Hōjō clan.-History:...
of Kawachi Province
Kawachi Province
was a province of Japan in the eastern part of modern Osaka Prefecture. It originally held the southwestern area that was split off into Izumi Province...
. He succeeded to the family headship in 1861. Though Ujiyuki was named domainal governor (藩知事 han chiji) by the Meiji government, he willingly resigned this position in 1869.
External links
- Information on Sayama-han (in Japanese)