Saji Kazunari

Saji Kazunari was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period and Edo period.

Family

Father: Saji Nobukata
Mother: Oinu, sister of Oda Nobunaga
Wives:
* Oeyo
* 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.