Sakai Tadayuki

nihongo|Sakai Tadayuki|酒井忠進| (April 4, 1770-March 12, 1828) was a Japanese daimyo of the mid to late Edo period, who ruled the Obama Domain.Meyer, Eva-Maria. [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte-japans/manabu/shoshidai.htm "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit."] Universität Tübingen (in German).] The Sakai were identified as one of the "fudai" or insider "daimyō" clans which were hereditary vassels or allies of the Tokugawa clan,Appert, Georges. (1888). [http://books.google.com/books?id=CSUNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=ancien+japon+georges+appert&lr=#PPA76,M1 "Ancien Japon," pp. 76] -77.] in contrast with the "tozama" or outsider clans.

akai clan genealogy

Tadayuki was part of a cadet branch of the Sakai which had been created in 1590.Appert, [http://books.google.com/books?id=CSUNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=ancien+japon+georges+appert&lr=#PPA76,M1 p.76.] ]

The "fudai" Sakai clan originated in 14th century Mikawa province.Appert, [http://books.google.com/books?id=CSUNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=ancien+japon+georges+appert&lr=#PPA76,M1 "Ancien Japon," p. 76.] ] The Sakai claim descent from Minamoto Arichika. Arichika had two sons: one of them, Yasuchika, took the name Matsudaira; and the other son, Chikauji, took the name Sakai -- and this samuari ancestor is the progenitor of this clan's name.Papinot, Jacques. (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf "Nobiliare du Japon" -- Sakai, pp. 50-51;] Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). "Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon." (in French/German).]

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. [see above] ]

Sakai Sigetada, who was the son of Masachika, received the fief of Kawagoe Domain in Musashi province in 1590; and then in 1601, Sigetada was transferred to Umayabashi Domain in Kōzuke province.Papinot, [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf p. 51.] ]

Sakai Tadakatsu (1587–1662), who was Sigetada's son, was transferred in 1634 to Obama Domain in Wakasa province where his descendants resided until the Meiji period. [see above] ] In a gesture demonstrating special favor to the Sakai, the second shogun, Hidetada, allowed the use of his personal "Tada-" in the name "Tadakatsu." [Plutschow, Herbert. (1995). [http://books.google.com/books?id=fNQjDQ-mWYgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=sakai+tadayuki&lr=&source=gbs_summary_r#PPA53,M1 "Japan's Name Culture: The Significance of Names in a Religious, Political and Social Context," p.53.] ]

The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Count" in the Meiji period. [see above] ]

Tokugawa official

Tadayuki served the Tokugawa shogunate as its thirty-seventh Kyoto "shoshidai" in the period spanning Jaunary 25, 1809 thgourh May 23, 1815. [see also] ]

Notes

References

* Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888). [http://books.google.com/books?id=HYc_AAAAMAAJ&dq=ancien+japon&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Ancien Japon."] Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha.
* Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). [http://books.google.com/books?id=6wEvo4wBojcC&dq=Makino+Chikashige&lr=&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Japans Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867."] Münster: Tagenbuch. ISBN 3-8258-3939-7
* Papinot, Jacques Edmund Joseph. (1906) "Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon." Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha. [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf ..Click link for digitized 1906 "Nobiliaire du japon" (2003)]
* Plutschow, Herbert. (1995). [http://books.google.com/books?id=fNQjDQ-mWYgC&dq=sakai+tadayuki&lr=&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Japan's Name Culture: The Significance of Names in a Religious, Political and Social Context."] London: Routledge. 10-ISBN 1-873-41003-4; 13-ISBN 978-1-873-41042-4 (cloth)
* Sasaki Suguru. (2002). "Boshin sensō: haisha no Meiji ishin." Tokyo: Chūōkōron-shinsha.
* Screech, Timon. (2006). [http://books.google.com/books?id=BLzQA7cpr7wC&dq=sakai+tadayuki&lr=&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822."] London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-7007-1720-X

External links

* Nikko pagoda [http://www.nikko-jp.org/english/toshogu/gojyunotou.html -- Sakai Tadakatsu contributed to the original construction; and after it was burned in 1815, his descendants supported reconstruction in 1818]
* Toshogu pagoda in Nikko [http://oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/en/target.php?id=283 -- interior view] [http://oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/en/target.php?id=3056 --exterior view, Nagasaki University Library Collection]