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Site of the Sakai clan's residence in Edo
Site of the Sakai clan's residence in Edo
In this Japanese name, the family name is Sakai. literally bay - Door, " Estuary " edo once also spelled Yedo or Yeddo, is the in modern times usually consist of a Family name ( Surname) followed by a Given name. A family name or last name is a type of Surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs

The Sakai clan (酒井氏 Sakai-shi?) descended from Emperor Seiwa and is a daimyō branch of the samurai Minamoto clan by the Nitta clan in Edo period Japan. Emperor Seiwa (清和天皇 Seiwa-tennō) (Third month 25th day 850 - Twelfth month 4th day 880 was the 56th emperor of Japan, according The ( were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial Japan. was one of the honorary surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan of the Heian Period ( 794 – 1185 AD on those of their sons and grandsons who were not The was one of several major families descended from the Seiwa Genji, and numbered among the chief enemies of the Ashikaga shogunate, and later the Hōjō clan The, also referred to as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai) is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

Nitta Yoshisue, 4th son of Nitta Yoshishige, settled in the Tokugawa clan's Kōzuke Province and took the name of the place. Minamoto no Yoshishige (源義重 (1135 &ndash 1202 was the progenitor of the Nitta branch family of the Minamoto samurai clan who fought alongside the Minamoto The was a powerful Daimyo family of Japan. They descended from Emperor Seiwa (850-880 and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji by the was an old province located in the Tōsandō of Japan which today comprises Gunma prefecture.

Tokugawa Arichika (ca. 14th century), a descendant of Yoshisue in the 7th generation, is the common ancestor of the Sakai and the Matsudaira clan. The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. This genealogical background explains in part how the Sakai came to be so trusted by the Matsudaira as senior vassals throughout the Sengoku period. Under Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Sakai became chief retainers.  was the founder and first Shogun  of the Tokugawa shogunate

The Sakai were identified as one of the fudai ("insider daimyō clans") which were hereditary vassels or allies of the Tokugawa clan,[1] in contrast with the tozama ("outsider clans"). The was a powerful Daimyo family of Japan. They descended from Emperor Seiwa (850-880 and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji by the A was a Daimyo who was considered an outsider by the rulers of Japan.

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The fudai Sakai clan originated in 14th century Mikawa Province. is an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. [1] They claim descent from Minamoto no Arichika. Arichika had two sons; one of them, Yasuchika, took the name of Matsudaira, while the other son, Chikauji, took the name of Sakai. Chikauji is the ancestor of the Sakai clan. Sakai Hirochika, Chikauji's son, had two sons as well, and the descendants of these two sons gave rise to the two principal branches of the clan. [2]

The Sakai of Tsuruoka Domain (170,000 koku) in Dewa Province were prominent in the late Edo period as a military power. also known as Tsuruoka-han was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Dewa Province. Charged with the safety of Edo, they were patrons of the Shinchogumi police force, and were very effective in their duties. literally bay - Door, " Estuary " edo once also spelled Yedo or Yeddo, is the Following the surrender of Edo, the Sakai withdrew and returned north to their domain, where they were active in the northern theater of the Boshin War, as well as becoming signatories to the pact that created the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei in 1868. The was a Civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the The Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei or was a Japanese military-political coalition established and disestablished over the course of several months in early to mid-1868 during the Boshin War

Notable members

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References

  1. ^ a b Alpert, Georges. (1888). Ancien Japon, pp. 76-77.
  2. ^ a b Papinot, Jacques. (2003). Nobiliare du Japon -- Sakai, pp. 50-51; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon. (in French/German).
  3. ^ Plutschow, Herbert. (1995). "Japan's Name Culture: The Significance of Names in a Religious, Political and Social Context, p.53.
  4. ^ Papinot, p. 50; Appert, p. 76.
  5. ^ a b Papinot, p. 50.
  6. ^ a b c Appert, p. 76.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i Papinot, p. 51.
  8. ^ a b c Appert, p. 77.
  9. ^ Plutschow, p. 53. -- Hidetada gave him the "Tada-" in his name.
  10. ^ a b c Meyer, Eva-Maria. "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit." Universität Tübingen (in German).
  11. ^ a b c Beasley, William G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853-1868, p. 339.
  12. ^ a b "Nobility, Peerage and Ranks in Ancient and Meiji-Japan," p. 13.
  13. ^ Japan peers, p. 14.
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