sentences:  The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Count" in the Meiji period.Sakai Tadakatsu of Shōnai Domain came from the same family as the synonymous, contemporary "daimyō" of Obama, Sakai Tadakatsu, but should not be confused with him.Tadakatsu was the eldest son of Sakai Ietsugu, who was in turn the son of Sakai Tadatsugu, one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's three most trusted generals.