Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei
During the Boshin War, after some uncertainty, the clan sided with the imperial armies and the clan fought against the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei and in the Aizu War. Following the Meiji restoration, the final daimyō of Takeda Domain (and the 16th hereditary chieftain of the Sakakibara clan), Sakakibara Masataka was enabled with the title of viscount ("shishaku") under the "kazoku" peerage system.