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*''Japanese'': 人吉藩 ''(Hitoyoshi han)''
*''Territory: parts of [[Higo province]]''
*''Castle: [[Hitoyoshi castle]]''
*''Lords: [[Sagara clan]]''
*''[[Kokudaka]]: 22,000''

Hitoyoshi han was an [[Edo period]] [[han|domain]] located in [[Higo province]] (modern-day [[Kumamoto prefecture]]) and ruled by the [[Sagara clan]], who had held the territory since it was granted them by [[Shogun]] [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] in [[1198]]. Based at [[Hitoyoshi castle]], the domain's official ''[[kokudaka]]'' stood at 22,000 ''[[koku]]''.

The domain was located in the upper reaches of the Kumagawa, on a plains several ''[[ri]]'' in size, and was surrounded by mountains on all sides, making it easily defensible.

The placename "Numazu" which features in the popular [[kabuki]] play ''[[Igagoe Dochu Sugoroku|Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku]]'' is said to refer to Hitoyoshi.

==Lords of Hitoyoshi==
#[[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. p40.

==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E4%BA%BA%E5%90%89%E5%9F%8E&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=32.210532,130.762689&spn=0.009713,0.021136&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.188995,86.572266&t=h&hq=%E4%BA%BA%E5%90%89%E5%9F%8E&radius=15000&z=16 Hitoyoshi Castle on Google Maps]

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