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Sakai

 

  • Domain: Obama
  • Stipend: 103,000 koku
  • Class: Fudai 4
  • Headquarters: Obama Castle (aka Unpin Castle)

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.

Succession

  • Chikauji
  • Hirochika
  • Ietada
  • Nobuchika
  • Ietsugu
  • Kiyohide
  • Masachika ( -1576)
  • Tadatoshi (1562-1627) - Daimyo of Tanaka (Suruga -- 10,000 koku); 1st Sakai daimyo of Kawagoe (Musashi -- 37,000 koku)
  • Tadakatsu (1587-1662) - 2nd Sakai daimyo of Kawagoe; 1st Sakai daimyo of Obama
  • Tadanao
  • Tadataka
  • Tadasono
  • Tadashige
  • Tadaakira
  • Tadamochi (1725-1775)
  • Tadayoshi
  • Tadatsura
  • Tadayuki (1770-1828; daimyo 1806-1828)
  • Tadayori
  • Tadaaki (1813-1873; daimyo 1834-1862)
  • Tadauji
  • Tadatoshi (aka Tadaaki) (1813-1873; daimyo 1868- , second tenure)

Notable Ancestors

  • 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: Tsuruoka (Dewa -- 120,000 koku)
  • Branch: Matsumine (Dewa -- 20,000 koku)
  • Branch: Himeji (Harima -- 150,000 koku)
  • Branch: Isezaki (Kozuke -- 20,000 koku)
  • Branch: Katsuyama (Awa -- 12,000 koku)
  • Branch: Tsuruga (Echizen -- 10,000 koku)

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