Sakai Tadatsugu

In this Japanese name, the surname is Sakai.
Sakai Tadatsugu
酒井 忠次
portrait of Sakai Tadatsugu
Daimyo of Yoshida
In office
1565–1578
Succeeded bySakai Ietsugu
Personal details
Born1527
Mikawa province
DiedDecember 17, 1596
Kyoto
SpouseUsui
Relatives
Nickname"Boar Slayer" (inokiri)
Military service
Allegiance Matsudaira clan
Imagawa clan
Tokugawa clan
Unit Sakai clan
CommandsYoshida Castle
Battles/wars

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.

Serving as the highest-ranking general in the Tokugawa clan along with Ishikawa Kazumasa,[1] Tadatsugu is 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 is also included in another cultural depiction as one of the Tokugawa 16 divine generals (Tokugawa jūrokushinshō).[5][6] His official title was Sakai Saemon-no-jo Tadatsugu.[7]

Sakai Tadatsugu was also allegedly involved in the conspiracy that caused the death of Lady Tsukiyama and her son, Matsudaira Nobuyasu.[8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Warrior Rule in Japan; Tadatsugu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Chido Museum: Sakai clan history Archived 2006-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)「酒井忠次」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  4. ^ Louis Frédéric (2002). Japan encyclopedia. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 811. ISBN 9780674017535. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  5. ^ Harada Kazutoshi (2009, p. 300)
  6. ^ 奥出 賢治 (2002). 徳川十六将図再考 [Reconsideration of the Sixteen Tokugawa Generals] (in Japanese). Nagoya City Museum Research Bulletin. pp. 1–21. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  7. ^ Arthur Lindsay Sadler (2014, p. 31)
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ōoku The Secret World of the Shogun's Women; Tadatsugu Sakai was invoked but never defined (see the help page).