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Sakai Tadayuki

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Sakai Tadayuki
酒井忠進
Born(1770-04-04)April 4, 1770
DiedMarch 12, 1828(1828-03-12) (aged 57)
Burial placeObama, Wakasa, Japan
NationalityJapanese
FatherSakai Tadaka
Daimyō of Obama Domain
In office
1806–1828
Preceded bySakai Tadatsura
Succeeded bySakai Tadayoshi
Sakai Tadayuki's Grave in Obama

Sakai Tadayuki (酒井忠進; April 4, 1770-March 12, 1828) was the 10th daimyō of Obama Domain in mid- to late Edo period Japan.[1]

Biography

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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[1] 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.

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Further reading

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  • 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. ISBN 3-8258-3939-7
  • Papinot, Jacques Edmund Joseph. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...Click link for digitized 1906 Nobiliaire du japon (2003)
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Preceded by 10th Daimyō of Obama
1806–1828
Succeeded by
Preceded by 36th Kyoto Shoshidai
1808–1815
Succeeded by