extra= July 14, 1856 – September 17, 1921 was the 12th (and final) daimyō of Shōnai Domain during Bakumatsu period Japan. His courtesy title was Saemon-no-jō.
Biography
Sakai Tadamichi was the sixth son of
Sakai Tadaaki, the 6th
daimyō of Shōnai. He became
daimyō in 1868, when his elder brother, the 11th
daimyō of Shōnai
Sakai Tadazumi was deposed by the
Meiji government over his role in leading the domain during the
Boshin War as part of the pro-Tokugawa Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei. Shōnai Domain was initially punished by a reduction in
kokudaka to 120,000
koku; however, the Meiji government was in a state of confusion and flux. From 1868 to 1869, Sakai Tadamichi was also appointed ruler of
Aizu Domain, which had been seized from the
Hoshina clan. In June 1869, he was ordered to relocate to Iwakitaira Domain with a further reduction to 70,000
koku, but the order was rescinded only a month later. The same month, he was appointed imperial governor of Shōnai. He relocated to
Tokyo after the abolition of the han system and retired in 1880, returning the position of chieftain of the Sakai clan to his elder brother Sakai Tadazumi. He died in 1921.
Edmond Papinot. (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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The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.
