Saji Kazunari
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{{nihongo|Saji Kazunari|佐治一成||1569 – November 16, 1634}} was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period and Edo period.{{cite book|last=Abe|first=Takeshi|title=Sengoku jinmei jiten|year=1987|publisher=Shinjinbutsu Ōraisha|location=Tokyo|isbn=4404014120|page=368|chapter=Saji Kazunari|language=Japanese}}Turnbull, Stephen R. (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=bbAb-7yDj5cC&pg=PA149&dq= The Samurai Tradition, Vol. 2, p. 149]; excerpt, "Hideyoshi married Oeyo the younger sister of Yodo-Dono his chief concubine to Saji Kazunari, warden of a castle in a province under his control, but he took her back when her husband assisted Ieyasu, with whom he was then at war."
Family
- Father: Saji Nobukata
- Mother: Oinu, sister of Oda Nobunaga
- Wives:
- Oeyo (m.1583, div.1592)
- Oushin daughter of Oda Nobunaga
- Children:
- Kitahime
- Nuihime
- Saji Tamenari
Career
He was warden of a castle in a province under the control of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi caused Kazunari to marry Oeyo, the sister of a favorite concubine. When Kazunari's support for Tokugawa Ieyasu became known, Hideyoshi took back the woman. She later married Ieyasu's son Tokugawa Hidetada and mothered the shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu.
In popular culture
Saji is played by Takehiro Hira in the NHK Taiga drama ''Gō (2011).{{cite web|script-title=ja:大河ドラマ「江」で最初の夫を演じた平岳大、大野城を訪問|url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0031353|work=Cinema Today|date=5 April 2011 |access-date=9 May 2013|language=Japanese}}
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