was a Japanese

samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...

and the 11th head of the Fukubara clan during the

Sengoku period The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...

. He was a maternal cousin of

Mōri Motonari was a prominent ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) in the western Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. The Mōri clan claimed descent from Ōe no Hiromoto (大江広元), an adviser to Minamoto no Yoritomo. Motonari w ...

. Following the death of Motonari, Sadatoshi became one of the ''Goyonin'' who supported

Mōri Terumoto Mōri Terumoto (毛利輝元, January 22, 1553 – June 2, 1625) was a Japanese ''daimyō''. The son of Mōri Takamoto, and grandson and successor of the great warlord Mōri Motonari, he fought against Oda Nobunaga but was eventually overco ...

along with Kikkawa Motoharu,

Kobayakawa Takakage was a samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) during the Sengoku period and Azuchi–Momoyama period. He was the third son of Mōri Motonari who was adopted by the Kobayakawa clan and became its 14th clan head. He merged the two branches of the Koba ...

and Kuchiba Michiyoshi. The Fukubara clan had been an important retainer of the

Mōri clan The Mōri clan (毛利氏 ''Mōri-shi'') was a Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto. Ōe no Hiromoto was descended from the Fujiwara clan. The family's most illustrious member, Mōri Motonari, greatly expanded the clan's power ...

since the daughter of

Fukubara Hirotoshi was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Mōri clan. References

Mōri clan Samurai {{samurai-stub ...

, the eighth head of the Fukubara clan, married Mōri Hiromoto and gave birth to Mōri Motonari in 1497. Fukubara Sadatoshi participated in the Battle of Miyajima in 1555, which helped liberate the Mōri clan from control of the Ouchi clan. Sadatoshi later led the force that surrounded Chōfukuji Temple by order of Motonari in 1557 and forced

Ōuchi Yoshinaga , formerly Ōtomo Haruhide (大友晴英), was a 16th-century Kyushu warrior who was invited by Sue Harukata, who had just taken control of the Ōuchi clan, to serve as the official head of the Ōuchi while Sue pulled the strings from behind. Yos ...

to commit seppuku.

References

Samurai 1512 births 1593 deaths Mōri clan {{Samurai-stub