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Sadowara han was an [[Edo period]] domain based at [[Sadowara castle]] in [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]] (today, Miyazaki City, [[Miyazaki prefecture]]) and ruled by a branch of the [[Shimazu clan]]. The domain had a ''[[kokudaka]]'' of 27,000 ''[[koku]]''.

Sadowara han was an [[Edo period]] domain based at [[Sadowara castle]] in [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]] (today, Miyazaki City, [[Miyazaki prefecture]]) and ruled by a branch of the [[Shimazu clan]]. The domain had a ''[[kokudaka]]'' of 27,000 ''[[koku]]''.

The Shimazu took Sadowara from the [[Ito clan|Itô clan]] in the late 1570s, and passed it down through several Shimazu castellans until in the early 1600s, it was officially established as an Edo period domain, with [[Shimazu Yukihisa]] (aka Mochihisa) as its first lord.

The Shimazu took Sadowara from the [[Ito clan|Itô clan]] in the late 1570s, and passed it down through several Shimazu castellans until in the early 1600s, it was officially established as an Edo period domain, with [[Shimazu Yukihisa]] (aka Mochihisa) as its first lord. The domain continued to be ruled by this Shimazu branch family throughout the Edo period.

==Lords of Sadowara==

==Lords of Sadowara==