He was the last head of the Ukita clan while it remained a feudal lord family, and a feudal lord of Okayama-jo Castle in Bizen Province, which yielded 574,000-koku (a unit of volume of rice produced in one year; one koku equals approximately 180 liters).
大名家としての宇喜多氏最後の当主であり、備前国岡山城57万4,000石の大名。