Sakai Tadatsugu was a military commander who served Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late Sengoku period as the highest-ranking general in the Tokugawa clan along with Ishikawa Kazumasa.
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Ida castle ruin, birthplace of Sakai Tadatsugu![depiction of Sakai Tadatsugu with skull head as standard on his back, at the attack of Nagashino, 1575,[45] work by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.[46]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Estampe-p1000685.jpg/500px-Estampe-p1000685.jpg)
depiction of Sakai Tadatsugu with skull head as standard on his back, at the attack of Nagashino, 1575,[45] work by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.[46]
Lake Suwa, Suwa city Nagano Prefecture.
Haguro, place where Sakai Tadatsugu clashed with Nagayoshi
Emblem (mon) of the Sakai clan![Iroiro Dō-maru, Sakai Tadatsugu first set of armor. Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, Chido Museum Collection.[81]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Domaru_of_Sakai_Tadatsugu.jpg/500px-Domaru_of_Sakai_Tadatsugu.jpg)
Iroiro Dō-maru, Sakai Tadatsugu first set of armor. Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, Chido Museum Collection.[81]
A member of the Nagoya Omotenashi Bushō-tai street performers dressed as Sakai TadatsuguIn their orbit 1
About this person
Sakai Tadatsugu was a military commander who served Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late Sengoku period as the highest-ranking general in the Tokugawa clan along with Ishikawa Kazumasa. Tadatsugu is also regarded as one of the Four Guardians of the Tokugawa (Tokugawa-Shitennō), along with Honda Tadakatsu, Ii Naomasa, and Sakakibara Yasumasa. He is also included as one of the Tokugawa 16 divine generals. His official title was Sakai Saemon-no-jo Tadatsugu.
Country
JapanStatus
deceased
Dates
Lived 1527 to 1596 · aged 69
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12 languages
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