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Hojo Ujinao (????: 1562 – December 19, 1591) was a Japanese daimyo
Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
 of the late Sengoku period
Sengoku period

The was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict in Japan that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century....
, and the final head of the Late Hojo clan
Late Hojo clan

The was one of the most powerful warrior clans in Japan in the Sengoku period and held domains primarily in the Kanto region.The clan began when Ise Shinkuro, a high ranking officer in the shogunate, began to conquer lands and build up his power at the beginning of the 16th century....
. An important figure in the history of Azuchi-Momoyama politics, he lost his entire domain following the siege
Siege of Odawara (1590)

The third occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to eliminate the Late Hojo clan as a threat to his power....
 in 1590. Despite this, he survived, and his family carried on as small daimyo in the Edo period
Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
.

Born in Odawara Castle in 1562, Ujinao was the son of Hojo Ujimasa
Hojo Ujimasa

was the fourth head of the late Hojo clan, and daimyo of Odawara Castle. He commanded in many battles, consolidating his clan's position, and retired in 1590....
, and was first named Kuniomaru.






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Hojo Ujinao (????: 1562 – December 19, 1591) was a Japanese daimyo
Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
 of the late Sengoku period
Sengoku period

The was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict in Japan that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century....
, and the final head of the Late Hojo clan
Late Hojo clan

The was one of the most powerful warrior clans in Japan in the Sengoku period and held domains primarily in the Kanto region.The clan began when Ise Shinkuro, a high ranking officer in the shogunate, began to conquer lands and build up his power at the beginning of the 16th century....
. An important figure in the history of Azuchi-Momoyama politics, he lost his entire domain following the siege
Siege of Odawara (1590)

The third occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to eliminate the Late Hojo clan as a threat to his power....
 in 1590. Despite this, he survived, and his family carried on as small daimyo in the Edo period
Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
.

Born in Odawara Castle in 1562, Ujinao was the son of Hojo Ujimasa
Hojo Ujimasa

was the fourth head of the late Hojo clan, and daimyo of Odawara Castle. He commanded in many battles, consolidating his clan's position, and retired in 1590....
, and was first named Kuniomaru. His mother was the daughter of Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen

of Shinano Province and Kai Provinces, was a preeminent daimyo or feudal lord with military prestige who sought for the control of Japan in the late stage of Sengoku period or "warring states" period....
. Coming of age in early 1577, he took the formal name Ujinao. Ujinao married Toku Hime
Toku Hime (1565–1615)

Toku-hime was a princess during the Sengoku period and Edo periods of History of Japan. The second daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu, she was also known as Ofu, Tomiko, Harima-gozen, and Ryosho-in....
, the second daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Japanese name|Tokugawa}} was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara  in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868....
, as a condition for peace between their two clans. In maturity, Ujinao held junior 5th court rank, lower grade (ju-go-i-ge) and the title Sakyo-dayu. In 1590, Odawara fell to siege
Siege of Odawara (1590)

The third occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to eliminate the Late Hojo clan as a threat to his power....
 at the hands of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle....
; his father and uncle were forced to commit seppuku
Seppuku

is a form of Japanese Suicide#Ritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for samurai. Part of the samurai honor code, seppuku was used voluntarily by samurai to die with honor rather than fall into the hands of their enemies, as a form of capital punishment for samurai who have committed serious offenses, and for reason...
, but Ujinao was spared because he was Tokugawa Ieyasu's son-in-law. He and his wife were exiled to Mount Koya
Mount Koya

is the generic name of specific mountains in Wakayama prefecture to the south of Osaka. Also, Koya-san is a modifying word for Kongobuji . There is no one mountain officially called Koya-san in Japan....
, where he died late the following year.

His adoptive son, Hojo Ujimori, was the first daimyo of Sayama-han (Kawachi Province, 10,000 koku).