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* ''Birth: [[1548]]
* ''Death: [[1573]]
* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Mino province|Mino]]


Tatsuoki was the son of [[Saito Yoshitatsu|Saitô Yoshitatsu ]]and his mother was a daughter of [[Asai Hisamasa]]. He succeeded his father when the latter died of illness in [[1561]]. He inherited a war with the Oda clan|Oda]] and saw his forces defeated in a series of engagements that culminated in the [[Battle of Moribe]] in 1561. He was unable to prevent the Oda from penetrating Mino and also had to contend with the [[Asai clan|Asai]] on his western border. [[Oda Nobunaga|Nobunaga]] managed to lure away the Saitô's top generals (including [[Ando Morinari]], [[Inaba Ittetsu]], and [[Ujiie Bokuzen]]) and thus considerably weakened Tatsuoki's position. In [[1567]] Nobunaga captured Inokuchi (Inabayama) and Tatsuoki was sent off into exile and took up with the [[Asakura clan|Asakura]] of [[Echizen province|Echizen]]. He was killed at Tonezaka when the Oda invaded Echizen in [[1573]].

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