Sakazaki Naomori

Sakazaki Naomori (坂崎直盛) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period, who served as lord of the Tsuwano Domain. Originally called Ukita Akiie he first served his uncle Ukita Naoie and then his son Ukita Hideie. He took part in the attack against the Uesugi of Aizu, and later in the Sekigahara campaign, he left Ukita's Western army and joined Tokugawa's eastern army. After the war, he was given lordship of the Tsuwano domain. Tokugawa Ieyasu also gave him a new name Sakazaki (坂崎).