Sagara Yoritomi
Sagara Yoritomi (Japanese: 相良 頼福 さがら よりとみ[\*]) was the 4th daimyo of Hitoyoshi Domain in [[Higo Province]] and the 23rd head of the [[Sagara clan]].
Born~Died Apr 25, 1649 ~ Apr 12, 1720Last edited Oct 15, 2026, 2:51 PM
Details
- Born ~ Died
- Apr 25, 1649 ~ Apr 12, 1720
- Era
- Edo period early - middle
- Born
- Keian 4 (1651)
- Died
- Kyōhō 5, 3rd month, 5th day (April 12, 1720)
- Former names
- Manman (万満, childhood name), Nagafusa (長房) → Yoritomi (頼福), Yosei (梁誠/梁聖, Buddhist name)
- Alternative names
- Nagafusa (長房), common name: Saheie (左兵衛), Uneme (采女)
- Posthumous name
- Kōgan'in-dono Ryōsei Daikaku (廣巖院殿梁聖大郭)
- Shogunate
- Edo shogunate
- Domain
- Hitoyoshi Domain daimyo in Higo Province
- Clan
- Sagara clan
- Parents
- Father: Sagara Nagahide; mother: daughter of Kamata Rokuzaemon; adoptive father: Sagara Yoritaka
- Spouses
- Principal wife: Otoyo (adopted daughter of Itakura Shigetane); secondary wife: Otsumi (daughter of Sagara Yorihiro); concubines: of the Shibuya family, of the Nishi family
- Children
- Omitsu (wife of Kataoka Masamitsu), Nagaoki, Onaga, Takayoshi, Okura, Einaga, Iwajirō, Nagaari, Omatsu, Nagaharu, Kazuma
- Grave
- Kanseiji (Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture)
Sagara Yoritomi (Japanese language: 相良 頼福 さがら よりとみ[*]) was the 4th daimyo of Hitoyoshi Domain in Higo Province and the 23rd head of the Sagara clan.
Life
In Keian 4 (1651), he was born as the second son of Sagara Nagahide, younger brother of the 2nd daimyo Sagara Yorihiro. His childhood name was Nagafusa (長房).
In Genroku 1 (1688), the 3rd daimyo Yoritaka (Yoritomi's cousin) lost in quick succession his sons Yoriyasu, born to his principal wife Okame (Yoritomi's sibling), and Yorizane, born to his secondary wife Gesshin'in. As a result, in the 4th month of Genroku 3 (1690), Yoritomi became the adopted son of Yoritaka. In the 7th month of the same year, he had an audience with the shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and was appointed Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade Shimanokami.
In the 4th month of Genroku 16 (1703), he succeeded to the headship of the house upon the death of Yoritaka.
In Hōei 2 (1705), the previous year having brought great flood damage, Yoritomi was ordered to carry out repair work on the Tone River (Tonegawa) in Kōzuke Province and the Arakawa River in Musashi Province. Together with fellow daimyo Satake Yoshitada (Dewa Kubota Domain), Matsudaira Yoriatsu (Matsudaira Daijen family), and ( in Dewa), he took on this task and for this service received a grant of 10,000 koku.
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