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* ''Born: [[1548]]''

* ''Birth: [[1548]]''

* ''Died: [[1606]]''

* ''Death: [[1606]]''

* ''Other names: Sakikabara Heishichi''

* ''Titles: Shikibu-Taiyu, Daijuji, Koheida''

* ''Titles: Shikibu-Taiyu, Daijuji, Koheida''

* ''Other names: Heishichi''

* ''Distinction: [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] retainer

* ''Sons: [[Sakikabara Tadamasa|Tadamasa]], [[Sakikabara Yasukatsu|Yasukatsu]]

Yasumasa served [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] from childhood and rose to become one of his chief retainers. He served in a notable capacity at the [[Battle of Anegawa]] (along with [[Honda Tadakatsu]] providing an attack on the flank of the Asai forces dangerously pressing [[Oda Nobunaga]]) and was present at [[Battle of Nagashino|Nagashino]], helping to defeat [[Naito Masatoyo]].  

A younger son of [[Sakikabara Nagamasa]], Yasumasa served [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] from childhood and rose to become one of his chief retainers. He served in a notable capacity at the [[Battle of Anegawa]] (along with [[Honda Tadakatsu]] providing an attack on the flank of the Asai forces dangerously pressing [[Oda Nobunaga]]) and was present at [[Battle of Nagashino|Nagashino]], helping to defeat [[Naito Masatoyo]].  

During the [[Komaki Campaign]] ([[1584]]) Yasumasa wrote up a statement attacking Hideyoshi and calling on support for the cause of [[Oda Nobuo]] and later accompanied Ieyasu to Osaka to meet with Hideyoshi himself ([[1586]]). During this trip he was awarded with the honorific title Shikibu-taiyu. In [[1590]] he participated in the [[Odawara Campaign]]. Following Ieyasu's move to the Kanto Region that same year, Sakikabara was given the castle of Tatebayashi and made the head of a committee responsible with assigning fiefs. While Ieyasu was away on Kyushu during Hideyoshi's Korean Campaigns Sakakibara acted as one of [[Tokugawa Hidetada]]'s councilors and later was involved in the campaign against [[Uesugi Kagekatsu]] ([[1600]]).  

During the [[Komaki Campaign]] ([[1584]]) Yasumasa wrote up a statement attacking Hideyoshi and calling on support for the cause of [[Oda Nobuo]] and later accompanied Ieyasu to Osaka to meet with Hideyoshi himself ([[1586]]). During this trip he was awarded with the honorific title Shikibu-taiyu. In [[1590]] he participated in the [[Odawara Campaign]]. Following Ieyasu's move to the Kanto Region that same year, Sakikabara was given the castle of Tatebayashi and made the head of a committee responsible with assigning fiefs. While Ieyasu was away on Kyushu during Hideyoshi's Korean Campaigns Sakakibara acted as one of [[Tokugawa Hidetada]]'s councilors and later was involved in the campaign against [[Uesugi Kagekatsu]] ([[1600]]).  

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