was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period and Edo period.Turnbull, Stephen R. (2000). 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).
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