Oda–Tokugawa forcesSakai
Sakai Tadatsugu
酒井忠次
“Foremost of Tokugawa's Four Guardians”
1527–1596 (aged 70)
- Rank / office
- Saemon-no-jō
- Domain / base
- Yoshida, Mikawa
- Banner / crest
- Sakai wood-sorrel
- Battles in 3D
- 2 battles
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
A turn of the shrimp-scooping dance to put the company at ease is also a samurai's duty.
Attributed to Sakai Tadatsugu
The foremost of Tokugawa's Four Guardians and the most senior of the elders, who had followed Ieyasu since his days as an Imagawa hostage. In the rout at Mikatagahara he is said to have beaten "Sakai's drum" to hearten the garrison and turn back the pursuit. At Nagashino he proposed and carried out the raid on the Tobigasu forts, striking the Takeda from behind and deciding the victory.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1573Genki 3
Sakai's Drum
After the rout at Mikatagahara he beat the castle drum and turned back the Takeda pursuit.
- 1573
Battle of Mikatagahara
Is said to have beaten a war drum in Hamamatsu Castle after the rout, staging the empty-castle ruse ("Sakai's drum").
Mikatagahara, Tōtōmi Province 1,500 troops Watch in 3D › - 1575Tenshō 3
The Raid on Mount Tobigasu
Led a detached force in a surprise attack on the Takeda forts and decided the battle of Nagashino.
- 1575
Battle of Nagashino
Led 4,000 men on a wide sweep south before dawn and stormed the Tobigasu forts, cutting off Katsuyori's retreat and forcing a decisive battle.
Nagashino–Shitaragahara, Mikawa Province 4,000 troops Watch in 3D › - 1590Tenshō 18
Retirement
Before Ieyasu's transfer to the Kantō he handed the house to his heir Ietsugu and retired.
