Hideyasu Yuki

Japanese: 結城秀康 - ゆうき・ひでやす

Year of death: June 2, 1607 (12th year of Keicho, leap year 4, 8)
Year of birth: Tensho 2.2.8 (1574.3.1)
A feudal lord in the early Edo period, and the first lord of Fukui Domain (Fukui City) in Echizen Province. The second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, his mother was a concubine, Nagami Yoshihide's daughter Oman no Kata (Choushouin). Hidetada's half-brother. His childhood name was Ogimaru, and he later held titles such as Mikawa no Kami and Gon Chunagon. After the peace treaty of the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute in 1584, he was adopted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (effectively a hostage) and called himself Hashiba Hideyasu. His first battle was in 1582, when Hideyoshi marched to Kyushu. In 1585, he was ordered by Hideyoshi to be adopted by Yuki Harutomo, and inherited Yuki in Shimousa Province with a stipend of 101,000 koku, changing his name to Yuki Hidetomo, but later changing it back to Hideyasu. In the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, he marched to Oyama in Shimotsuke Province and prevented Uesugi Kagekatsu from advancing west. For this achievement, in November he was awarded over 680,000 koku in the whole of Echizen Province, and was also given the role of keeping the Maeda clan of Kaga in check. In July of the following year, he entered Kitanosho (later Fukui). He immediately divided the land holdings, adopted a subsidiary castle system, and prepared for emergencies by placing his senior vassals in key locations within the domain, such as giving Honda Tomimasa 36,750 koku at Fuchu Castle and Imamura Kaname 25,050 koku at Maruoka Castle. He rebuilt the castle, developed the castle town by exempting merchants and craftsmen from land tax and encouraging them to move there, and also established a transportation system, solidifying the foundation for managing the domain. Furthermore, the composition of his vassals was characterized by an extremely small amount of land holdings, with around 500 people receiving land holdings totaling over 545,000 koku, and 11 people with holdings of over 10,000 koku totaling over 220,000 koku. Various books say that he loved brave warriors, and that he did not hesitate to employ those who displeased Ieyasu or Hidetada, and that Hidetada, out of respect for his brother, overlooked his eccentric behavior by saying that "Echizen is outside the law." However, he performed public duties for the shogunate on a par with other feudal lords. After his death, his retainers Nagami Choji and Tsuchiya Masaharu committed suicide by suicide. <References> Hashimoto Masanobu, "About Yuki Hideyasu" (Kokugakuin Magazine, April 1966 issue), Daidouji Tomoyama, "Etsuso Yawa" (Fukui City History, Materials Vol. 4)

(Yoshihiko Hayata)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：慶長12.閏4.8(1607.6.2)
生年：天正2.2.8(1574.3.1)
江戸時代初期の大名,越前国福井藩(福井市)初代藩主。徳川家康の次男,母は側室で永見吉英の娘お万の方(長勝院)。秀忠の庶兄。幼名於義丸,のち三河守,権中納言などを称した。天正12(1584)年の小牧・長久手の戦講和後,豊臣秀吉の養子(実質は人質)となり羽柴秀康と称した。初陣は同15年秀吉九州出陣のとき。同18年秀吉の命により結城晴朝の養子となって下総国結城10万1000石を継ぎ結城秀朝と改めたが,のち秀康に復す。慶長5(1600)年の関ケ原の戦では下野国小山に出陣して上杉景勝の西上を阻止した。この功により11月越前一国68万石余を拝領,加賀前田氏に対する抑えの役目も負った。翌年7月北庄(のちの福井)に入部。直ちに知行割を行い,支城制を採用,本多富正に府中城3万6750石,今村掃部に丸岡城2万5050石を与えるなど,重臣を領内の要所に配置して有事に備えた。城郭を改築し,商人や職人には地子を免除して来住を奨励するなど城下町を整備,また交通制度も整えて領国経営の基礎を固めた。さらにその家臣団構成には知行取500人前後,その知行高54万5000石余,1万石以上だけでも11人22万石余にのぼり,蔵入分が極端に少ないなどの特徴がみられる。諸書に,武勇の士を愛し,家康や秀忠の不興を買った者でも憚ることなく召し抱え,秀忠もまた兄に遠慮して,奇矯の振る舞いにも「越前は制外」といって見逃したことなどが伝えられるが,幕府公役などは諸大名並みに勤めている。没後,家臣の永見長次と土屋昌春が殉死した。<参考文献>橋本政宣「結城秀康について」(『国学院雑誌』1966年4月号),大道寺友山『越叟夜話』(『福井市史』資料編4巻)

(隼田嘉彦)

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