was the 10th ''daimyō'' of Obama Domain in mid- to late
Edo period
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Japan.
[Meyer, Eva-Mari]
"Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit".
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Biography
Tadayuki was the seventh son of
Sakai Tadaka of
Tsuruga Domain and was posthumously adopted as heir to Obama on the death of
Sakai Tadatsura in 1806. His wife was a daughter of
Okudaira Masashika of
Nakatsu Domain. In 1808, he became''
jisha-bugyō'' and from 1808 to 1815 served as the 37th ''
Kyoto Shoshidai''
In 1815, he was ordered to oversee the reconstruction of the 5-story
pagoda
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at
Nikkō Tōshō-gū, which had been destroyed by a fire. Later that year, he was promoted to ''
rōjū
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'', holding that post until his death in 1828.
References
Further reading
* Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888)
''Ancien Japon''.Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha.
* Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999)
''Japans Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867''.Münster: Tagenbuch.
* Papinot, Jacques Edmund Joseph. (1906) ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon''. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaish
..Click link for digitized 1906 ''Nobiliaire du japon'' (2003)
External links
* Nikko pagod
* Toshogu pagoda in Nikko
--exterior view, Nagasaki University Library Collection
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Fudai daimyo
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Kyoto Shoshidai
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Kyoto Shoshidai">Sakai clan">Fudai daimyo
Sakai clan
Kyoto Shoshidai
Rōjū
1770 births
1828 deaths