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 (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).