Hitoyoshi Domain

Hitoyoshi Domain
人吉藩
Domain of Japan
1585–1871
Mon of the Sagara clan of Hitoyoshi Domain

Restored tower and wall of Hitoyoshi Castle
CapitalHitoyoshi Castle
Government
 • TypeDaimyō
Daimyō 
• 1585-1636
Sagara Yorifusa (first)
• 1855-1871
Sagara Yorimoto (last)
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1585
• Disestablished
1871
Today part ofKumamoto Prefecture
Hitoyoshi Domain is located in Kumamoto Prefecture
Hitoyoshi Domain
Location of Hitoyoshi Castle
Hitoyoshi Domain is located in Japan
Hitoyoshi Domain
Hitoyoshi Domain (Japan)
Stone Walls of Hitoyoshi Castle
Sagara Yorimoto, final daimyo of Hitoyoshi Domain

Hitoyoshi Domain (大村藩, Hitoyoshi-han) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was centered around Hitoyoshi Castle in what is now the city of Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto and was ruled by the tozama daimyō Sagara clan for all of its history.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Nakayama, Yoshiaki (2015). 江戸三百藩大全 全藩藩主変遷表付. Kosaido Publishing. ISBN 978-4331802946.(in Japanese)
  2. ^ Nigi, Kenichi (2004). 藩と城下町の事典―国別. Tokyodo Printing. ISBN 978-4490106510.
  3. ^ Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.