Ōta Sukeyoshi

nihongo|Ōta Sukeyoshi|太田資愛| (1763 - 1805), also known as Ōta Bichū-no-kami Sukeyoshi,Screech, Timon. 2006). [http://books.google.com/books?id=BLzQA7cpr7wC&pg=RA2-PA248&lpg=RA2-PA248&dq=%C5%8Cta+Sukeyoshi+&source=web&ots=tVXHYjWPAm&sig=ZbzrcmT5GJK14UYrZ21copn-CdM&hl=en "Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822," p. 248.] ] or as nihongo|Ōta Sukechika|太田資愛|, was a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period; and as a high-level office holder of the Tokugawa shogunate, he was a prominent political figure in pre-Modern Japan.Meyer, Eva-Maria. [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte-japans/manabu/shoshidai.htm "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit."] University of Tüebingen (in German).]

In a special context created by the Tokugawa shogunate, the Ōta clan were identified as "tozama" or outsiders, in contrast with the "fudai" or insider "daimyō" clans which were hereditary vassels or allies of the Tokugawas.Appert, Georges "et al." (1888). [http://books.google.com/books?id=CSUNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=ancien+japon+georges+appert&lr=#PPA76,M1 "Ancien Japon," p. 76.] ]

Ōta clan genealogy

The "tozama" Ōta clan originated in 15th century Musashi province.Appert, Georges "et al." (1888). [http://books.google.com/books?id=CSUNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=ancien+japon+georges+appert&lr=#PPA76,M1 "Ancien Japon," p. 76.] ] They claimed descent from Minamoto Yorimasa, and through that branch of the Minamoto they claimed kinship with the Seiwa-Genji.Papinot, Jacques. (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf "Nobiliare du Japon" -- Ōta, p. 48;] Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). "Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon." (in French/German).]

The feudal progenator of the clan name, Ōta Sukekuni, established himelf at Ōta in Tamba province, and he adopted this location name as his own. He traced his lineage as a 5th generation descendant of Yorimasa. [see above] ]

In, 1638, Ōta Sukemune, the grandson of Ōta Yasusuke, was granted Nishio Domain in Mikawa province; and then, in 1645, he and his family was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain (35,000 "koku") in Tōtōmi province. Yasusuke's descendants were moved several times by shogunate decree, residing successively in 1687 at Tanaka Domain in Suruga province, in 1703 at Tanakura Domain in Mutsu province, and in 1728 at Tatebayashi Domain in Kōzuke province. [see above] ] Then, in the period spanning the years 1746 through 1868, this branch of the Ōta clan established itself at Kakegawa Domain (53,000 "koku") [see above] ] in Tōtōmi. [see above] ]

The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period. [see above] ]

Events of Suketomo's life

He served as the shogun's representative in the capital as the thirtieth Kyoto "shoshidai" from May 12, 1789 through May 27, 1792. [see above] ]

He had previously been one of the shogun's junior counselors ("wakadoshiyori"); [see above] ] and after his posting in Kyoto was ended, he was called to back to Edo to serve as senior counselor ("rōjū") to the infant Tokugawa Ienari in the period which spanned from April 11, 1793 through July 17, 1801. [ [http://www.atlaswords.com/GIAPPONE.htm#Roju_/_Consiglieri_Anziani_degli_Shogun_1681/1868_ Georulersatlasworld web site, rōjū.] ]

Notes

References

* Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888). [http://books.google.com/books?id=HYc_AAAAMAAJ&dq=ancien+japon&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Ancien Japon."] Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha.
* Jansen, Marius B. (1995). [http://books.google.com/books?id=lwPxgoaNVWEC&dq=%C3%B4ta+suketomo&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "The Emergence of Meiji Japan."] Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10-ISBN 0-521-48405-7
* Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). [http://books.google.com/books?id=6wEvo4wBojcC&dq=Makino+Chikashige&lr=&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Japans Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867."] Münster: Tagenbuch. ISBN 3-8258-3939-7
* Papinot, Jacques Edmund Joseph. (1906) "Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon." Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha. [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf ..Click link for digitized 1906 "Nobiliaire du japon" (2003)]
* Screech, Timon. (2006). "Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822." London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-7007-1720-X

ee also

* Ōta Sukemoto

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