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* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Mino province|Mino]]''
* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Mino province|Mino]]''
* ''Sons: [[Saito Yoshitatsu|Saitô Yoshitatsu]], Magoshiro, [[Saito Nagatatsu|Saitô Nagatatsu]]
* ''Sons: [[Saito Yoshitatsu|Saitô Yoshitatsu]], Magoshiro, [[Saito Nagatatsu|Saitô Nagatatsu]]
* ''Japanese'': [[斎藤]] 道三 ''(Saitou Dousan)''
Saitô Dôsan's origins are unclear. According to the traditional story of his life, he was born in [[Yamashiro province]] and was the illegitimate son of [[Matsuda Motomune]]. After attempting a career as an oil-seller, he assumed the name Nishimura Kankurô and entered the service of [[Nagai Nagahiro]] of [[Mino province]]. According to another version, Toshimasa's father, a certain [[Shinzaemonojo|Shinzaemonjô]], a monk at the [[Myoukaku-ji]] in Kyoto, had given up the priesthood and married the daughter of an oil merchant. He picked up the trade and in the course of hawking his wares on the road happened to run into a friend from his days as a monk at the temple. This acquaintance was now the abbot of the [[Jouzai-ji]] in Mino province. The abbot was a relative of the [[Nagai clan]], retainers of the [[Toki clan|Toki]], the shugo of Mino Province who were at that time led by [[Toki Masafusa]] ([[1467]]-[[1519]]). With the abbot's recommendation, Shinzaemonjô gained employment with Nagai Nagahiro, and quickly rose through the Nagai ranks, eventually taking the surname of Nagai himself.
Saitô Dôsan's origins are unclear. According to the traditional story of his life, he was born in [[Yamashiro province]] and was the illegitimate son of [[Matsuda Motomune]]. After attempting a career as an oil-seller, he assumed the name Nishimura Kankurô and entered the service of [[Nagai Nagahiro]] of [[Mino province]]. According to another version, Toshimasa's father, a certain [[Shinzaemonojo|Shinzaemonjô]], a monk at the [[Myoukaku-ji]] in Kyoto, had given up the priesthood and married the daughter of an oil merchant. He picked up the trade and in the course of hawking his wares on the road happened to run into a friend from his days as a monk at the temple. This acquaintance was now the abbot of the [[Jouzai-ji]] in Mino province. The abbot was a relative of the [[Nagai clan]], retainers of the [[Toki clan|Toki]], the shugo of Mino Province who were at that time led by [[Toki Masafusa]] ([[1467]]-[[1519]]). With the abbot's recommendation, Shinzaemonjô gained employment with Nagai Nagahiro, and quickly rose through the Nagai ranks, eventually taking the surname of Nagai himself.