徳川家重
was the 9th (and final) "daimyō" of Sabae Domain and 10th hereditary chieftain of the Akita clan. His courtesy title was "Shimōsa-no-shō", and his Court rank was Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade. He was born in Edo as the eighth son of Manabe Akikatsu, and was posthumously adopted as heir and made "daimyō" on the death of Manabe Akizane. He was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Ieshige in 1865, and underwent his "genpuku" ceremony in 1867. As Sabae Domain quickly sided with the pro-imperial side in the Boshin War, he served as imperial governor of Sabae under the Meiji government until the abolition of the han system in 1871. He later moved to Tokyo, where he lived to his retirement in 1882. In 1884, his son received the "kazoku" peerage title of viscount ("shishaku"). He died in 1892 at the age of 40. His grave is at the temple of Kuhon-ji in Taitō, Tokyo.