Yūki Naomitsu

Yūki Naomitsu (1330–1395) was the eighth head of the Shimōsa Yūki clan. He succeeded his brother Naotomo in 1343 at fourteen and served Ashikaga Takauji in the Kannō disturbance. In 1352 he fought the Nitta rising in Kōzuke, and in 1368 he joined Uesugi Noriaki against Nitta Yoshimune in Musashi.

Trusted by three successive shōguns, he expanded the clan into Hitachi and held Awa Province as shugo. He took Buddhist vows in 1358 and died in 1395, leaving the headship to his son Motomitsu; he is credited with writing the Gen'ishū.