Sakai Tadatsugu
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Sakai Tadatsugu (酒井 忠次, 1527 – 17 December 1596) was one of the most favored and most successful military commanders serving Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late-Sengoku period.
Sakai Tadatsugu | |
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酒井 忠次 | |
Daimyo of Yoshida | |
In office 1565–1578 | |
Succeeded by | Sakai Ietsugu |
Personal details | |
Born | 1527 Mikawa province |
Died | December 17, 1596 Kyoto |
Nickname | "Boar Slayer" (inokiri) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Matsudaira clan Imagawa clan Tokugawa clan |
Unit | Sakai clan |
Commands | Yoshida Castle |
Battles/wars | Siege of Imahashi castle Siege of Tawara castle Siege of Fukutani castle Siege of Terabe Siege of Marune Battle of Batogahara Siege of Yoshida Castle (1564) Battle of Anegawa Battle of Mikatagahara Siege of Yoshida Castle Battle of Nagashino Battle of Komaki and Nagakute |
Serving as highest ranking general in Tokugawa clan along with Ishikawa Kazumasa,[1] Tadatsugu also regarded as one of the Four Guardians of the Tokugawa (Tokugawa-Shitennō).[2] along with Honda Tadakatsu, Ii Naomasa, and Sakakibara Yasumasa.[3][4] He also included in another cultural depiction as one of Tokugawa 16 divine generals(Tokugawa jūrokushinshō).[5][6] His official title was Sakai Saemon-no-jo Tadatsugu.[7]
Sakai Tadatsugu also allegedly involved in conspiracy that caused the death of Lady Tsukiyama and her son, Matsudaira Nobuyasu.[8]