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The Sakai clan (Japanese: 酒井氏, Hepburn: Sakai-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Nitta branch of the Minamoto clan, who were in turn descendants of Emperor Seiwa. Serata (Nitta) Arichika, a samurai of the 14th century, was the common ancestor of both the Sakai clan and the Matsudaira clan, which the Sakai later ...
The Sakai clan originated in 14th century Mikawa Province, [90] claiming descent from Minamoto Arichika. Arichika had two sons: one of them, Yasuchika, took the name Matsudaira; and the younger, Chikauji, took the name Sakai. [91] Sakai Hirochika, who was the son of Chikauji, likewise had two sons, and their descendants gave rise to the two ...
It was governed for the whole of its history by the Sakai clan, which resulted in an unusually stable and prosperous domain. During their rule over Shōnai, the Sakai clan was ranked as a province-holding daimyō ( 国持ち大名 , kunimochi daimyō ) family, and as such, had the privilege of shogunal audiences in the Great Hall ( Ohiroma ) of ...
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Tsurugaoka Castle (鶴ヶ岡城, Tsurugaoka-jō) is a flatland-style Japanese castle constructed in early Edo period in the city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata.It was the seat of the Sakai clan, a fudai daimyō clan who ruled over Shōnai Domain, Dewa Province in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate.
Following the Battle of Sekigahara, the Sakai clan was reassigned to more lucrative territories in western Japan, and was replaced by a branch of the Honda clan as first rulers of the new Nishio-han. The domain changed hands with almost every generation, reverting for periods to tenryō status under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate .
Obama Castle donjon, pre-1871. Obama Castle (小浜城, Obama-jō) was a seaside-style castle located in what is now the city of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. [1] During the Edo period, it was the headquarters of a junior branch of the Sakai clan, who were hereditary daimyō of Obama Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate.
Sakai Tadashige (酒井忠績, 12 July 1827 – 30 November 1895) was the 8th Japanese Daimyō of the Sakai clan, Himeji Domain and the last Tairō [1] (Chief Minister) of the Tokugawa Shogunate. He was appointed Tairō on 26 February 1865 after the assassination of Ii Naosuke , until his dismissal on 29 December 1865.