Uwai Satokane

Uwai Satokane (上井覚兼) (1545–1589) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Shimazu clan.

Uwai Satokane was a Shimazu clan karô and one of Shimazu Yoshihisa's top councilors. Parts of his diary survives as a glimpse into the court of a 16th Century daimyô.

He was named rôjû (meaning, karô) in 1576, and following the 1579 conquest of Hyûga province by the Shimazu, was given Miyazaki castle. Uwai was active in campaigns in Higo province and against the Ôtomo clan, but was also active in appreciation of waka poetry and tea ceremony, and is known to have been a highly educated and cultured individual.

Uwai suffered a serious injury in the 1586 Siege of Iwatsurugi castle. The following year, he was attacked and defeated at Miyazaki by the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He submitted to Hideyoshi's authority, turned over the castle to him, and took up retirement at Ijûin in Satsuma province. Uwai died of illness several years later, in 1589.