Sakai Tadayuki

In this Japanese name, the surname is Sakai.

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]

Sakai Tadayuki
酒井忠進
Born	(1770-04-04)April 4, 1770
Died	March 12, 1828(1828-03-12) (aged 57)
Burial place	Obama, Wakasa, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Father	Sakai Tadaka
Daimyō of Obama Domain
In office 1806–1828
Preceded by	Sakai Tadatsura
Succeeded by	Sakai Tadayoshi

Sakai Tadayuki's Grave in Obama

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^[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.