koku) in Echizen Province. The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period. Family heads Shōnai Sakai Tadatsugu (1527–1596) Sakai Ietsugu Sakai Tadakatsu (1594–1647) Sakai Tadamasa Sakai Tadayoshi Sakai Tadazane Sakai Tadayori Sakai Tadaatsu Sakai Tadaari Sakai Tadakata Sakai Tadaaki Sakai Tadatomo Sakai Tadazumi Sakai Tadamichi Dewa-Matsuyama (branch of the Shonai Domain) Sakai Tadatsune Sakai Tadayasu Sakai Tadayoshi Sakai Tadataka Sakai Tadanori Sakai Tadamichi Sakai Tadayoshi Sakai Tadamasa Tsuruga Sakai Tadashige Sakai Tadagiku Sakai Tadatake Sakai Tadaka Sakai Tadanobu Sakai Tadae Sakai Tadamasu Sakai Tadatsune Sakai Tadakatsu (1587–1662) Sakai Tadanao (1630–1682) Sakai Tadataka (1651–1686) Sakai Tadasono (1671–1706) Sakai Tadashige (1691–1735) Sakai Tadaakira (1720–1740) Sakai Tadamochi (1725–1775) Sakai Tadayoshi (1813–1873) Sakai Tadatsura (1752–1806) Sakai Tadayuki (1770–1828) Sakai Tadayori (1791–1853) Sakai Tadaaki (1813–1873; formerly Tadayoshi) Sakai Tadauji (1835–1876) Sakai Tadatoshi (1813–1873) Himeji Maebashi domain The successive leaders at Maebashi were: Sakai Tadayoshi (1549–1617) Sakai Tadayo (1572–1636) Sakai Tadayuki (1599–1636) Sakai Tadakiyo (1626–1681) Sakai Tadataka (Maebashi) (1648–1720) Sakai Tadami (1667–1708) Sakai Chikayoshi (1694–1733) Sakai Chikamoto (1705–1731) Himeji domain The successive leaders at Himeji were: Sakai Tadazumi (Himeji) (1710–1772) Sakai Tadazane (1756–1790) Sakai Tadahiro (1777–1837) Sakai Tadamitsu (1779–1848) Sakai Tadanori (1809–1844) Sakai Tadatomi (1829–1853) Sakai Tadateru (1836–1860) Sakai Tadashige (1827–1895) Sakai Tadatō (1839–1907) Sakai Tadakuni (1854–1879) Notable members Saburō Sakai (1916-2000) Sakai Chikauji Sakai Hirochika Sakai Tadatsugu (1527–1596) Sakai Ietsugu (1564–1619) Sakai Masachika Sakai Shigetada Sakai Tadakiyo (1626–1681) Sakai Tadatoshi (1562–1627) Sakai Tadakatsu (1587–1662) Sakai Tadakatsu (Shōnai) (1594–1647) Sakai Tadamasa (Shōnai) Sakai Tadamochi (1725–1775), 21st Kyoto shoshidai Sakai Tadayuki (1770–1828), 37th Kyoto shoshidai Sakai Tadazumi, Himeji Castle Sakai Tadashige, Rōjū (1863–1864), Tairō (1865–1866). Sakai Tadasuke (also known as Sakai Tadamasu), Wakadoshiyori (1853–1862, 1863, 1864–1866) Sakai Tadaaki (1813–1873), also known as Sakai Tadayoshi 49th Kyoto shoshidai Sakai Tadakatsu (Meiji era), Count, House of Peers (1925) Sakai Tadamasa (Meiji era), Count, House of Peers (1925) Sakai Tadasuke, Viscount, House of Peers (1925) References Further reading Papinot, Edmund. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha.Click here for 1906 Nobiliaire du japon (2003) This article has been compiled using corresponding material from the Japanese Wikipedia. External links "Sakai-shi" on Harimaya.com. Nikko Five Storied Pagoda. Nikko Tourist Association. Japanese clans Meiji Restoration