 The clan history is sketchy about this period, and there is some indication that the Sakakibara in Mikawa may have been the main branch of the clan.Sakakibara Yasumasa (1548–1606) rose to prominence as a general under Tokugawa Ieyasu.Along with Sakai Tadatsugu, Ii Naomasa and Honda Tadakatsu, he was known as one of the , and was also styled with the sobriquet of .