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Sakai Tadashige

1827–1895 · 19th century

Sakai Tadashige was the last daimyo of Himeji Domain in Harima province. He served as tairo, the shogun's great elder, at the very end of the Tokugawa shogunate. Because of this office Himeji was treated as an enemy by the imperial side in the Boshin War of 1868, and the castle surrendered when besieged. The domain later became part of Hyogo Prefecture.

Sakai Tadashige
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Himeji Domain

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