DAIMYO of

AWA (Tokaido) PROVINCE

Inaba

• Domain: Tateyama
• Stipend: 10,000 koku
• Class: Fudai 5
• Headquarters: Municipal office
• Clan temple: Tozen-ji (Edo)

Daimyo family native of Mino and descended from Kono Michitaka.

Branch ennobled in 1781, which from 1785 resided at Tateyama.

Succession

• Michihiro
• Michikane
• ...
• Masanari (1571-1628)
• ...
• Masamichi (1623-1696)
• Masakazu
• ...
• Masaakira - 1st Inaba daimyo of Tateyama
• Masatake
• Masamori
• Masami
• Masayoshi

Notable Ancestors

• Inaba Masanari (1571-1628)

Was first in the service of Nobunaga, then in that of Hideyoshi, and took part in the expedition in Korea under the command of Kobayakawa Hideaki. In 1619 he received the fief of Itoigawa (Echigo -- 25,000 koku).

His descendants resided successively: in 1632 at Odawara (Sagami -- 105,000 koku); in 1685 at Takata (Echigo); in 1701 at Sakura (Shimosa); finally from 1723 at Yodo.

Related Branches

• Elder branch: Usuki (Bungo -- 56,000 koku)
• Junior branch: Yodo (Yamashiro -- 115,000 koku)

Sources

• Papinot
• Wikipedia - "Inaba Clan" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaba_clan)
• Wikipedia - "Inaba Masanari" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaba_Masanari)
• Wikipedia - "Inaba Masamichi" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaba_Masamichi)
• Edo 300 Han HTML Charts - "Tateyama Han" (http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/kantou/tateyama.html)

Sakai

• Domain: Katsuyama
• Stipend: 12,000 koku
• Class: Fudai 5
• Headquarters: Municipal office

Daimyo family coming from Mikawa and descended from Minamoto Arichika. Arichika had two sons; one, Yasuchika, took the name of Matsudaira; the other, Chikauji, that of Sakai, and is the ancestor of the family of that name. Hirochika, son of Chikauji, also had two sons who were the head of the two principal branches of the family.

Branch which from 1668 resided at Katsuyama.

Succession

• Chikauji
• Hirochika
• Ietada
• Nobuchika
• Ietsugu (1564-1619)
• Kiyohide
• Masachika ( -1576)
• Tadatoshi (1562-1627)
• Tadakatsu (1587-1662)
• Tadatomo
• Tadakuni - 1st Sakai daimyo of Katsuyama
• Tadatane
• Tadaatsu
• Tadamoto
• Tadachika
• Tadayori
• Tadatsugu
• Tadakazu
• Tadayoshi

Notable Ancestors

• Sakai Ietsugu (1564-1619)

In 1578 he succeeded his father in the possession of the castle of Yoshida (Mikawa). In 1590, when Ieyasu had been transferred to Kanto, he gave him a revenue of 30,000 koku at Usui (Kozuke); in 1604 Ietsugu took up his residence at Takasaki (Kozuke -- 50,000 koku), then in 1616 at Takata (Echigo -- 100,000 koku).

Later on, the family resided: in 1619 at Matsushiro (Shinano); then from 1622 at Tsurugaoka (Dewa -- 120,000 koku).

• Sakai Masachika ( -1576)

Served the Tokugawa, Nobutada, Kiyoyasu and Hirotada. In 1561 he took the castle of Nishio (Mikawa), which was afterwards entrusted to his care.

• Sakai Tadatoshi (1562-1627)

In 1601 received the fief of Tanaka (Suruga -- 10,000 koku); then in 1609 was transferred to Kawagoe (Musashi -- 30,000 koku).

• Sakai Tadakatsu (1587-1662)

In 1634 was transferred to Obama (Wakasa -- 103,500 koku), where his descendants remained.

Related Branches

• Senior branch: Tsurugaoka (Dewa -- 120,000 koku)
• Branch: Matsumine (Dewa -- 20,000 koku)
• Branch: Himeji (Harima -- 150,000 koku)
• Branch: Isezaki (Kozuke -- 20,000 koku)
• Branch: Obama (Wakasa -- 103,500 koku)
• Branch: Tsuruga (Echizen -- 10,000 koku)

Sources

• Papinot
• Wikipedia - "Sakai clan" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakai_clan)
• Wikipedia - "Sakai Tadakatsu" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakai_Tadakatsu)
• Edo 300 Han HTML Charts - "Katsuyama Han" (http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/kantou/awa-katsuyama.html)

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