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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 ...
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 ...
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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 .
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.
However, the lands of the Shōnai region were fertile and well-watered, and eminently suited for growing rice, which gave the Sakai clan actual revenues of more than 200,000 koku. This revenue was further supplemented by the developed of Sakata port for the coastal kitamaebune trade, which gave the clan an actual income of closer to 300,000 koku .
Sakakibara Yasumasa (榊原 康政, 1548 – June 19, 1606) was a Japanese daimyō of the late Sengoku period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan.. As one of the Tokugawa family's foremost military commanders, he was considered one of its "Four Guardian Kings" (shitennō 四天王) along with Sakai Tadatsugu, Honda Tadakatsu and Ii Naomasa.