Sasaki no Sadatsuna

Sasaki no Sadatsuna (1142–1205), eldest son of Sasaki no Hideyoshi, was a leading general of the early Kamakura shogunate. He served Minamoto no Yoritomo, joined his 1180 rising and fought at Ishibashiyama; after the Genpei War he became shugo of Ōmi and three other provinces.

In 1191 a clash with Enryakuji monks caused his exile to Satsuma; he was pardoned in 1193. He took vows on his deathbed in 1205 and died two days later, aged sixty-four.