Hitoyoshi Domain
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The was a Japanese domain
of the Edo period
, located in Higo Province
(present-day Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto
). It was ruled by the Sagara family. The Sagara, like the Shimazu of the neighboring Satsuma domain, had ruled their territory for centuries prior to the Edo era.
Han (Japan)
The or domain was the name of the estate belonging to a warrior in Japan after the 17th century. The fiefs of the daimyos of the samurai class of Japan during the Edo period were called han.-Edo period:...
of the Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
, located in Higo Province
Higo Province
Higo Province was an old province of Japan in the area that is today Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. It was sometimes called , with Hizen Province. Higo bordered on Chikugo, Bungo, Hyūga, Ōsumi, and Satsuma Provinces....
(present-day Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto
Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto
is a city located in Kumamoto, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 36,297 and the density of 172 persons per km². The total area is 210.55 km².The city was founded on February 11, 1942....
). It was ruled by the Sagara family. The Sagara, like the Shimazu of the neighboring Satsuma domain, had ruled their territory for centuries prior to the Edo era.
List of lords
- Sagara clanSagara clanThe Sagara clan was a Japanese clan during the Sengoku period. It was a tactical ally of the Shimazu clan....
(TozamaTozamaA ' was a daimyo who was considered an outsider by the rulers of Japan. The term came into use in the Kamakura period and continued until the end of the Edo period.-Edo period:...
; 22,000 kokuKokuThe is a Japanese unit of volume, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres. The koku was originally defined as a quantity of rice, historically defined as enough rice to feed one person for one year...
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- Yorifusa
- Yorihiro
- Yoritaka
- Yoritomi
- Nagaoki
- Nagaari
- Yorimine
- Yorihisa
- Akinaga
- Yorisada
- Tomimochi
- Nagahiro
- Yorinori
- Yoriyuki
- Nagatomi
- Yorimoto