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*''Japanese'': [[相良]]家 ''(Sagara-ke)''
The Sagara clan was, in the [[Edo period]], a ''tozama daimyô'' clan which ruled over [[Hitoyoshi han]] in [[Higo province]]. The domain boasted a ''[[kokudaka]]'' of 22,000 ''[[koku]]''.
The Sagara were originally descended from the [[Fujiwara clan]], and are believed to have taken their name from the manor (''[[shoen]]'') they held in Sagara, Haibara district, [[Totomi province|Tôtômi province]] during the [[Kamakura period]]. In [[1198]], the year before his death, [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] granted the territory of Hitoyoshi (on [[Kyushu]], in modern-day [[Kumamoto prefecture]]) to the Sagara.
Hitoyoshi is surrounded on all sides by mountains, making it quite easily defensible, and allowing the Sagara to relatively easily survive their neighbors' attacks during the [[Sengoku period]].
[[Sagara Nagatsune]] initially fought alongside the Western Army (against [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]) at the [[Battle of Sekigahara]], but secretly sent an envoy to Ieyasu declaring his allegiance. When Ieyasu's forces laid siege to Nagatsune's [[Ogaki castle|Ôgaki castle]], he granted the attackers entry, thus earning him some relief from Tokugawa enmity. After contributing as well to Tokugawa efforts during the [[Siege of Osaka]], he earned a high reputation for his clan.
==Lords of the Sagara clan==
#[[Sagara Nagatsune]] (aka Yorifusa)
#[[Sagara Yorihiro]]
#[[Sagara Yoritaka]]
#[[Sagara Yoritomi]]
#[[Sagara Nagaaki]]
#[[Sagara Nagaari]]
#[[Sagara Yorimine]]
#[[Sagara Yorihisa]]
#[[Sagara Akinaga]]
#[[Sagara Yorisada]]
#[[Sagara Tomimochi]]
#[[Sagara Nagahiro]]
#[[Sagara Yorinori]]
#[[Sagara Yoriyuki]]
#[[Sagara Nagatomi]]
#[[Sagara Yorimoto]]
==References==
*''Edo daimyô hyakke'' 江戸大名百家. ''Bessatsu Taiyô'' 別冊太陽. Spring 1978. pp11, 40.
[[Category:Clans]]
The Sagara clan was, in the [[Edo period]], a ''tozama daimyô'' clan which ruled over [[Hitoyoshi han]] in [[Higo province]]. The domain boasted a ''[[kokudaka]]'' of 22,000 ''[[koku]]''.
The Sagara were originally descended from the [[Fujiwara clan]], and are believed to have taken their name from the manor (''[[shoen]]'') they held in Sagara, Haibara district, [[Totomi province|Tôtômi province]] during the [[Kamakura period]]. In [[1198]], the year before his death, [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] granted the territory of Hitoyoshi (on [[Kyushu]], in modern-day [[Kumamoto prefecture]]) to the Sagara.
Hitoyoshi is surrounded on all sides by mountains, making it quite easily defensible, and allowing the Sagara to relatively easily survive their neighbors' attacks during the [[Sengoku period]].
[[Sagara Nagatsune]] initially fought alongside the Western Army (against [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]) at the [[Battle of Sekigahara]], but secretly sent an envoy to Ieyasu declaring his allegiance. When Ieyasu's forces laid siege to Nagatsune's [[Ogaki castle|Ôgaki castle]], he granted the attackers entry, thus earning him some relief from Tokugawa enmity. After contributing as well to Tokugawa efforts during the [[Siege of Osaka]], he earned a high reputation for his clan.
==Lords of the Sagara clan==
#[[Sagara Nagatsune]] (aka Yorifusa)
#[[Sagara Yorihiro]]
#[[Sagara Yoritaka]]
#[[Sagara Yoritomi]]
#[[Sagara Nagaaki]]
#[[Sagara Nagaari]]
#[[Sagara Yorimine]]
#[[Sagara Yorihisa]]
#[[Sagara Akinaga]]
#[[Sagara Yorisada]]
#[[Sagara Tomimochi]]
#[[Sagara Nagahiro]]
#[[Sagara Yorinori]]
#[[Sagara Yoriyuki]]
#[[Sagara Nagatomi]]
#[[Sagara Yorimoto]]
==References==
*''Edo daimyô hyakke'' 江戸大名百家. ''Bessatsu Taiyô'' 別冊太陽. Spring 1978. pp11, 40.
[[Category:Clans]]