Yūki Sukehiro

Yūki Sukehiro was a Kamakura-period warrior and founder of the Shirakawa branch of the Yūki clan. A younger son of Tomohiro, second head of the Shimōsa Yūki, he inherited Shirakawa estates in Mutsu Province, granted to his grandfather after the 1189 Ōshū campaign.

In 1289 he went down to Ōshū and built Shirakawa Castle, establishing his branch; he held only part of the Shirakawa lands, while the main Shimōsa house governed the rest through deputies. His son Munehiro succeeded him.