Ōta (clan)

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Coat of arms of the Ōta
(Ōta balloon flower )
Ōta residence in Edo

The Ōta ( Japanese 太 田氏 , Ōta-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from Minamoto no Yorimasa ( Seiwa-Genji ). With an income of 53,000 Koku , the Ōta last residing in Kakegawa ( Shizuoka Prefecture ) belonged to the larger Fudai daimyō of the Edo period .

genealogy

  • Sukekuni ( 資 國 ), descendant of Yorimasa in the fifth generation, settled in Ōta ( Tamba ) and named himself after.
  • Sukekiyo ( 資 清 ; 1411–1493) served Uesugi (Ōgigayatsu) Mochitomo and became a minister ( 執事 , shitsuji ). After defeats to Ashikaga Shigeuji in 1451 and 1454, he shaved his head and called himself Dōshin.
  • Sukenaga (資 長 ; 1432–1486), Sukekiyo's eldest son, followed his father in 1455. The following year he built a castle in Edo , shaved his head in 1458 and called himself Dōkan. In 1464 he went to Kyoto and was received by Go-Tsuchimikado and the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa . At that time, Nagao Kageharu was planning a revolt against his master, Uesugi Akisada . Dōkan tried in vain to dissuade him and informed Akisada, so that Kageharu was defeated. When a war broke out between the Yamanouchi and Ōgigayatsu branches of the Uesugi , Dōkan joined the former. Thereupon Sadamasa, chief of the second branch, ordered his murder.
  • Sukekata ( 資 高 ; 1498-1547), Dōkan's grandson, served Hōjō Ujitsuna and received the castle Iwabuchi ( Musashi ).
  • Yasusuke ( 康 資 ; 1531–1581), Suketaka's second son, served Hōjō Ujiyasu . He defeated the Prince of Oda (Hitachi), who had revolted against the Hōjō. In 1563 he tried to become independent himself and tried with the help of Satomi Yoshihiro to get the Edo castle in his possession, but was defeated by Ujiyasu at Kōnodai ( Shimousa ). A daughter of Yasusuke was married to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
  • Sukemune ( 資 宗 ; 1600–1680), Yasusuke's grandson, received Nishio ( Mikawa ) in 1638 and then Hamamatsu ( Tōtōmi ) with 35,000 Koku in 1645 . His descendants resided in Tanaka ( Suruga ) from 1687 to 1703 , until 1728 in Tanagura ( Mutsu ), until 1746 in Tatebayashi ( Kōzuke ) and finally until 1868 in Kakegawa (Tōtōmi) with 53,000 Koku. After 1868 Vice Count .

Remarks

  1. Today a district of Kita .
  2. Today a district of Fujieda .

Individual evidence

  1. Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 201.
  2. Excerpt from the map of the district "Daimyo koji" from approx. 1850.

literature

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