Sakai Tadayuki


Sakai Tadayuki was the 10th daimyō of Obama Domain in mid- to late Edo period Japan..

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 becamejisha-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 at Nikkō Tōshō-gū, which had been destroyed by a fire. Later that year, he was promoted to rōjū, holding that post until his death in 1828.