Saitō clan

Saitō clan
斎藤氏
Home provinceMino
Parent houseFujiwara clan (alleged)
TitlesDaimyō
FounderSaitō Dōsan
Final rulerSaitō Tatsuoki
Ruled until1567, defeat by Oda Nobunaga

The Saitō clan (Japanese: 斎藤氏, Hepburn: Saitō-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan that ruled Mino province in the Sengoku period. The clan appropriated the name of a defunct samurai clan named "Saitō" that had previously hailed from Echizen province and claimed descent from Fujiwara Toshihito, of the Hokke branch of the Fujiwara clan.