Sakakibara Yasumasa

Sakakibara Yasumasa
榊原 康政
Lord of Tatebayashi
In office
1590–1606
Succeeded bySakakibara Yasukatsu
Personal details
Born1548
Mikawa Province, Japan
DiedJune 19, 1606
Edo, Japan
Military service
Allegiance Sakakibara clan
Matsudaira clan
Tokugawa clan
RankRōjū, Buke Shitsuyaku[1][2]
CommandsTatebayashi Domain
Battles/wars

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. His notable military accomplishments is during the Battle of Anegawa when he changed the tide of the battle with flanking maneuver. Another notable service was when he conquered many Takeda clan castles in Tōtōmi Province from the span of 1574-1579.

His court title during Toyotomi Hideyoshi government was Shikibu-Shō (式部大輔).[3] During Tokugawa shogunate, he was appointed as Rōjū, or elder councillor.

  1. ^ Antoine Rous marquis de La Mazelière (1907). Le Japon: Le Japon des Tokugawa (in French). Plon-Nourrit et cie. p. 160. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  2. ^ James Murdoch (1996). A History of Japan, Volume 2. Psychology Press. p. 712. ISBN 0415150760. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  3. ^ Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005). "Sakakibara Yasumasa" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 811., p. 811, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.