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Sagara
Sagara may refer to: People * Sagara (ethnic group), a people of Tanzania * Sagara (Vedic king), Ikshvaku dynasty * Sagara clan, a clan of 16th century Japan * Sekihotai (Sagara Souzou), a leader of the Sekihotai military unit during the Boshin War *, Japanese samurai * Sousuke Sagara, the protagonist of the anime and manga series ''Full Metal Panic'' * Sanosuke Sagara, a fictional character in the manga and anime series ''Rurouni Kenshin'' * Sāgara (Dragon King), one of the eight dragon kings ('' Hachidai ryuuou'') of Buddhism * Brendan Sagara, American baseball coach * Michelle Sagara, an author who also writes under the pseudonyms of Michelle West and Michelle Sagara West Places * Sagara, Shimoga District, a city in Shimoga District in Karnataka, India ** Sagar (Vidhana Sabha constituency) * Sagar, Yadgir district, a village in Yadgit District in Karnataka, India * Sagara, Kumamoto, a village in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan * Sagara, Shizuoka was a town located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagara, Shimoga District
Sagara is a city located in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also a sub divisional and a taluk headquarters. Located in the Sahyadri Mountain range on the banks of river Varada, it is known for its proximity to Jog Falls and to the historical places of Ikkeri, Keladi and Varadamoola. The river Varada originates near Varada-moola. Sagara subdivision consists of Sagara, Soraba, Hosanagara and Shikaripur taluks. City Municipal Council Sagara city is one of the 74 Karnataka Municipal Reforms Project (KMRP) City in Karnataka. Sagara ULB was started in 1931 and became a City Municipal Council (CMC) grade two in the year 2007. The ULB consist of 31 wards with the respective number of councillors. The population of the city was 64,550 at the 2011 census and total area is 19.71 sq. km. Etymology Sagara derives its name from ''Sadashiva Sagara''. Sadashiva Nayaka, ruler of Keladi dynasty built a lake in between Keladi and Ikkeri. Sadashiva Sagara is now called Ganapathi Kere ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagara Clan
The Sagara clan (相良氏, ''Sagara-shi'') was a Japanese samurai clan of daimyos. They were a tactical ally of the Shimazu clan. In the Edo period, they became the daimyo of the Hitoyoshi Domain and ruled until the Meiji Restoration. After the restoration, they were appointed Viscount. Origins The Sagara clan was founded by Sagara Korekane, descending from the Fujiwara clan. It is believed that the clan took its name from the manor (''shōen'') they held in Sagara, Haibara District, Tōtōmi Province during the Kamakura period. History The Sagara clan was, in the Edo period, a ''tozama daimyō'' clan which ruled the Hitoyoshi Domain in Higo Province. The domain boasted land worth of 22,000 koku. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Hosokawa" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 50 retrieved 2013-5-28. In 1198, the year before his death, Minamoto no Yoritomo granted the territory of Hitoyoshi (on K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Sagara
Michelle Michiko Sagara (born May 5, 1963) is a Japanese-Canadian author of fantasy literature, active since the early 1990s. She has published as Michelle Sagara, as Michelle West (using her husband's surname) and as Michelle Sagara West. Sagara has received two nominations for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, John W. Campbell Award.Michelle Sagara West. (2000, January 5). ''Baker & Taylor Author Biographies.'' EBSCOhost. Accessed October 20, 2020.Dewey, Joseph. "Michelle West." ''Guide to Literary Masters & Their Works.'' Database: Literary Reference Center Plus She lives in Toronto and is employed part-time at Bakka-Phoenix, a local bookstore. Biography Sagara is the eldest child of Japanese immigrants. As a child, Sagara loved reading The Nancy Drew Mysteries, Nancy Drew mysteries as well as the works of Enid Blyton and J. R. R. Tolkien. She studied Physics, then English, at the University of Toronto before dropping out to pursue writing. After she married in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagara (Vedic King)
Sagara () is a king of the Suryavamsha dynasty in Hinduism. The son of Bahuka, he ruled the city of Ayodhya, with two wives, and 60,001 sons. Legend Birth Sagara was born to Bāhuka, and his wife, Yadavi, at the ashrama of Sage Aurva, while seeking refuge in the hermitage from the attacks of Tālajaṅgha, the king of Hehaya. While Yadavi was in the seventh month of her pregnancy, her co-wife administered a poison to her, due to which she remained pregnant for seven years. When Bahuka passed away in the hermitage, Yadavi was ready to follow him in his funeral pyre, but was prevented by Aurva, who promised her that her child would grow up to become a great and fortunate emperor. Yadavi delivered shortly. As the poison (''gara'') given to her by her co-wife had immobilised her pregnancy, Aurva named her son Sagara (Sa-with, gara-poison). Reign Sage Aurva conducted the Upanayana ceremony of Sagara, and taught him the Vedas. Once, Yadavi wept to hear the boy address the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Sagara
Brendan Masayoshi Sagara (born January 25, 1975) is an American professional baseball coach. He was a pitching coach for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Career Sagara attended Leilehua High School in Wahiawa, Hawaii, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, where he played college baseball for the Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans from 1992 to 1996. He pitched in four games for the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League in 1999. From 2000 through 2012, Sagara served as a pitching coach and as an assistant director of player procurement for various independent professional leagues. Sagara served as an assistant coach for Hawaii–Hilo during the 2003–2004 season. From 2006 through 2010, Sagara served as an assistant scout for the New York Mets. He served as a scout for the Atlanta Braves from 2010 through 2012. Sagara then joined the Miami Marlins organization and from 2011 through 2015, served as a pitching coach in their minor league system. Sagara was the Marlins assis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sousuke Sagara
''Full Metal Panic!'' is a series of light novels written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Shiki Douji running from 1998 to 2011. The series follows Sousuke Sagara, a member of the covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, who is tasked with protecting Kaname Chidori a hot-headed Japanese high school girl. Sousuke Sagara is the main protagonist of the series. Sousuke Sagara is of Afghan-Japanese heritage. While his Japanese heritage can be deduced by his surname, Sagara grew up in Helmand, a region in Afghanistan caught up in political strife. At the age of 8, he joined a guerrilla movement to survive and was eventually recruited by Mithril. Sousuke only knows military life and as a result, does not handle the everyday occurrences of civilian life very well. He has difficulty integrating into high school due to his lack of social skills. His military bearing and encyclopedic knowledge of weapons earn him the nickname "Military Maniac". He often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanosuke Sagara
is a Character (arts), fictional character from the ''Rurouni Kenshin'' manga and anime series created by Nobuhiro Watsuki. In the English anime adaptations he is known as Sanosuke Sagara and nicknamed Sano. Watsuki, being a fan of the Shinsengumi, created Sanosuke by basing his name and characteristics on that of a real Shinsengumi member named Harada Sanosuke. Set during a fictional version of Japan in the pre-Meiji period, Sanosuke is a former member of the Sekihōtai, Sekihō Army. When the group is destroyed by the Government of Meiji Japan, Meiji Government, he becomes a fighter-for-hire to calm his anger by fighting. During his introduction in the series, he encounters the wanderer Himura Kenshin, who easily defeats him and is able to convince him to stop his mercenary work and instead start protecting people. After that encounter, Sanosuke becomes Kenshin's best friend as well as his partner in most of their fights. Sanosuke appears in the featured films of the series an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagara, Shizuoka . It was incorporated as a town in 1889.
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was a town located in Haibara District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of April 1, 2005, the town had an estimated population of 25,656 and a population density of 441 persons per km². The total area was 58.14 km². On October 11, 2005, Sagara, along with the town of Haibara (also from Haibara District), was merged to create the city of Makinohara, and thus no longer exists as an independent municipality. During the Edo period, Sagara was the center of Sagara Domain was a Japanese feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period, located in Tōtōmi Province. The domain was centered in what is now the Sagara district of Makinohara city, Shizuoka Prefecture. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagara, Kumamoto
is a village located in Kuma District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of March 2017, the village has an estimated population of 4,598 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ... of 49 persons per km². The total area is 94.54 km². References External links *Sagara official website Villages in Kumamoto Prefecture {{Kumamoto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagara Taketō
was a samurai and retainer of the Ōuchi clan and a son of Sagara Masato. Originally from Higo Province, he served the Ōuchi clan as his father had become a retainer of the clan. From around 1543 with the support of Ōuchi Yoshitaka, he led a faction of retainers who preached a softer approach, as opposed to the faction led by Sue Harukata, which preached a hard-line stance. One of the reasons for the internal feud of the Ōuchi clan was a result of Taketo and Harukata arguing over the future course of the clan. In 1550, facing an impending clash with Harukata, he tried to flee to Chikuzen Province, but was captured and placed under house arrest. Taketo tried to appease Harukata by having his daughter marry Harukata's son, but the relationship remained cold. In 1551, Harukata revolted and Taketo was killed in Hanao Castle during the Tainei-ji incident The was a coup in September 1551 by Sue Takafusa (later known as Sue Harukata) against Ōuchi Yoshitaka, hegemon ''dai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagar (other)
Sagar may refer to: Places and jurisdictions India * Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, a city in Madhya Pradesh state of central India ** Sagar district, an administrative unit headquartered in the city ** Sagar division, an administrative unit headquartered in the city ** Sagar railway station ** Sagar (Lok Sabha constituency) (Indian federal parliament) ** Sagar (Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha constituency) (state parliament) ** Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Sagar (Eastern Catholic diocese, Chaldean=Syro-oriental rite) ** Sagar University * Sagar Island, also known as Ganga Sagar, pilgrimage centre in West Bengal about 150 km south of Kolkata ** Sagar Port ** Sagar Mahavidyalaya ** Sagar (community development block) ** Sagar (West Bengal Vidhan Sabha constituency) * Sagara, Karnataka, a city in Shimoga district, Karnataka, India ** Sagar (Vidhana Sabha constituency) * Sagar, Yadgir district, a village in Yadgir district, Karnataka, India Europe * Zagor or * Deutsch Sagar, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagara (Tanzanian Ward)
Sagara (Tanzanian ward) is an administrative ward in the Kongwa district of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands .... According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 23,000. References Wards of Dodoma Region {{Dodoma-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
