Ōoka (clan)

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Coat of arms of the Ōoka
( Ōoka shippō )
Iwatsuki Ōoka residence in Edo
Iwatsuki Ōoka residence in Edo
Nishi Ōhira Ōoka Residence in Edo

The Ōoka ( Japanese 大 岡 氏 , Ōoka-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from Fujiwara (Kujō) no Norizane (1210-1235), a son of Kujō Michiies . With an income of 23,000 Koku , the Ōoka residing in Iwatsuki (today a district of Saitama , Saitama Prefecture ) belonged to the smaller Fudai daimyō of the Edo period .

genealogy

Main branch

  • Tadasuke ( 忠 相 ; 1677–1751) served as a samurai for the Bakufu, proved to be an able administrator and made a career. In 1748 he was raised to daimyo and received Nishi-Ōhira in the province of Mikawa with 10,000 koku. His descendants resided there in a permanent house ( jinya ). After 1868 Vice Count .

Secondary branch

  • Tadamitsu ( 忠 光 ; 1709-1760) from a side branch of the family was raised in 1751 to the daimyo of Katsuura ( Kazusa ). From 1756 he and his descendants resided in Iwatsuki ( Musashi ) with 23,000 koku. After 1868 Vice Count.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Shippō means enamel .
  2. ↑ Today as Ōehira in the Okazaki district .
  3. ↑ Today part of Saitama.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 77.
  2. ↑ a b c Excerpt from the district maps "Daimyo-koji", "Asakusa" and "Sotosakurada" from approx. 1850.

literature

  • Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
  • Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 .