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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 ...
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 ...
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Sakai clan – cadet branch of Nitta clan, by the Tokugawa clan descended from Seiwa Genji. Sakuma clan ( 佐久間氏 ) – cadet branch of Miura clan who descended from Kanmu Heishi. Sanada clan ( 真田氏 ) – descended from Seiwa Genji (disputed); famous for Sanada Nobushige who is more commonly known as Sanada Yukimura .
They were famous during their lifetimes as the four most fiercely loyal vassals of the Tokugawa clan in the early Edo period. [1] Each of those four generals was the founder of a cadet branch clan: Honda Tadakatsu [2] of the Honda clan [3] Ii Naomasa [4] of the Ii clan [5] Sakakibara Yasumasa [1] of the Sakakibara clan [6] Sakai Tadatsugu [1 ...
Sakai Hirochika, who was the son of Chikauji, had two sons, and their descendants gave rise to the two main branches of the Sakai clan. Hirochika's younger son, Sakai Masachika , served several Tokugawa clan leaders – Nobutada , Kiyoyasu and Hirotada ; and in 1561, Masachika was made master of Nishio Castle in Mikawa.
His son was transferred in 1616, and Isesaki was thereafter ruled by three junior branches of the Sakai clan until the end of the Edo period. During the Bakumatsu period , forces of Iseskai Domain played a role in the suppression of the Tengutō Rebellion ; however the next-to-last daimyo, Sakai Tadatsuyo was quick to join the imperial side in ...
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.