The Principality of Sayama ( Jap. 狭 山 藩 Sayama Khan ) is a feudal principality ( khan ) in Japan of the Edo period (1600–1869). Sayama Khan was located in Kawati Province (modern Osaka Prefecture ) on the island of Honshu .
Khan administrative center: Sayama jin'ya in Kawati province (modern city of Osakayama in Osaka prefecture ). The principality was ruled by the samurai clan Hojo , a branch of the Go-Hojo clan .
History
The ancestor of the Go Hojo (Late Hojo) clan was Ise Soun (1432–1519), who ruled from the 1490s to 1519 . In the Sengoku period , the Go-Houjou family was at the height of glory and controlled the entire Kanto region . The actual Japanese dictator, Toyotomi Hideyoshi , who subdued most of Japan with his authority, demanded that Go-Hojo clan recognize his sovereignty. Having been refused, in 1590 , Toyotomi Hideyoshi organized a punitive campaign on the lands of Go-Hojo . A 200-thousand army laid siege to Odawara Castle, the residence of Go-Hojo . The siege lasted three months. On August 4, 1590, Odawara Castle was forced to capitulate. Houjou Ujimasa , daimyo Odawara (1571–1590), and his younger brother, Houjou Ujiteru, were forced to commit ritual suicide ( seppuku ). Before his death, Houjou Ujimasa gave up the title in favor of his son Hojo Ujinao (1562–1591), Tokugawa Ieyasu’s son-in-law, who was sent in exile to Mount Koya-san , where he soon died. The ownership of the Go-Houjou family in Kanto Toyotomi Hideyoshi was transferred to Tokugawa Ieyasu . Hojo Ujinori (1545–1600), Ujimasa’s younger brother, was in long-standing friendship with Tokugawa Ieyasu when they were both hostages in the Imagava family. After the elimination of the domain, Go-Hojo Ujinori received 10,000 koku from Tokugawa Ieyasu . He bequeathed 4,000 koku to his son Hojo Ujimori (1577–1608), who continued the branch of the Hojo clan .
Daimyo List
Hojo family ( tozama ; 11,000 -> 10,000 koku )
- Hojo Uzimori (1577–1608), 1st daimyo Sayama Khan (1600–1608), eldest son of Hojo Ujinori
- Houjou Ujinobu (1601–1625), 2nd daimyo Sayama Khan (1608–1625), the eldest son of the previous
- Hojo Ujimune (1619–1685), 3rd daimyo Sayama Khan (1625–1670), eldest son of the previous
- Hojo Udziharu (1639-1696), 4th daimyo Sayama Khan (1670-1696), grandson of Hojo Ujimori, adopted son of the previous
- Hojo Ujitomo (1669-1735), 5th daimyo Sayama Khan (1696-1735), younger brother of the previous one
- Houjou Udzisad (1703-1758), the 6th daimyo of Sayama Khan (1735-1758), the eldest son of the previous
- Hodjo Udzihiko (1742–1769), 7th daimyo Sayama Khan (1758–1769), eldest son of the previous
- Houjou Udziakira (1760–1811), the 8th daimyo of Sayama Khan (1769–1801), the eldest son of the previous
- Hojo Ujitaka (1785–1846), the 9th daimyo of Sayama Khan (1801–1842), the eldest son of the previous
- Hojo Ujihisa (1816–1852), the 10th daimyo of Sayama Khan (1842–1852), the son of Tod Udzikane (1780–1841), the 8th daimyo of Ogaki Khan (1806–1841), the adopted son of the previous
- Houjou Udziyoshi (1830–1891), the 11th daimyo of Sayama Khan (1852–1861), the adopted son of the previous
- Houjou Udziyuki (1845–1919), the 12th daimyo of Sayama Khan (1861–1869), son of Hotta Masahiro (1795–1854), the 2nd daimyo of Sano Khan (1832–1854), the adopted son of the previous
Sources
- Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972 .