Takada Domain
The was a Japanese samurai clan who rose to prominence during the Edo period under the Tokugawa shogunate. At the time of the Meiji restoration, the clan served as "daimyō" of Takada Domain in Echigo Province. The Sakakibara were one of the four families who enjoyed the privilege of providing a regent during the minority of a Shōgun. Under the Meiji government's "kazoku" peerage system, the head of the clan had the title of viscount ("shishaku").