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* ''Birth: [[1541]]?''
* ''Death: [[1597]]''
* ''Title: Awa no kami''
* ''Other name: Fujita Ujikuni''
* ''Distinction: Hôjô retainer''
Ujikuni was the 3rd son of [[Hojo Ujiyasu|Hôjô Ujiyasu]] and was adopted by [[Fujita Yasukuni]]. He competed for reknown with his elder brother [[Hojo Ujiteru|Ujiteru]], whom he resembled in many ways. He was defeated along with Ujiteru at the [[battle of Mimasetoge]] by [[Takeda Shingen]] in [[1569]]. At the start of the [[Odawara Campaign]] ([[1590]]), he was surrounded in [[Hachigata castle]] in [[Musashi province]] by [[Maeda Toshiie]] and [[Uesugi Kagekatsu]]. He held out for a month before surrendering. He was spared and later died of illness at Kanazawa in [[Kaga province]] on 9/19/1597.
==References==
* Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Death: [[1597]]''
* ''Title: Awa no kami''
* ''Other name: Fujita Ujikuni''
* ''Distinction: Hôjô retainer''
Ujikuni was the 3rd son of [[Hojo Ujiyasu|Hôjô Ujiyasu]] and was adopted by [[Fujita Yasukuni]]. He competed for reknown with his elder brother [[Hojo Ujiteru|Ujiteru]], whom he resembled in many ways. He was defeated along with Ujiteru at the [[battle of Mimasetoge]] by [[Takeda Shingen]] in [[1569]]. At the start of the [[Odawara Campaign]] ([[1590]]), he was surrounded in [[Hachigata castle]] in [[Musashi province]] by [[Maeda Toshiie]] and [[Uesugi Kagekatsu]]. He held out for a month before surrendering. He was spared and later died of illness at Kanazawa in [[Kaga province]] on 9/19/1597.
==References==
* Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]