Ōta Sukemoto
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- In this Japanese name, the family name is Ōta.
Ōta Suketomo (太田資始?) (1799-June 20, 1867) 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.[1]
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.[2]
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[edit] Ōta clan genealogy
The tozama Ōta clan originated in 15th century Musashi province.[2] They claimed descent from Minamoto Yorimasa, and through that branch of the Minamoto they claimed kinship with the Seiwa-Genji.[3]
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.[3]
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.[3] Then, in the period spanning the years 1746 through 1868, this branch of the Ōta clan established itself at Kakegawa Domain (53,000 koku)[3] in Tōtōmi.[2]
The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period.[3]
[edit] Events of Suketomo's life
Suketomo served as the shogun's representative in the capital as the forty-fourth Kyoto shoshidai from July 4, 1831 through May 19, 1834.[1]
He was called to Edo for to serve as senior counselor (rōjū) (1834-1841) to Tokugawa Ienari (1773-1841) in the period which spanned May 6, 1837 through July 20, 1841 .[4] After the shogun's death, Suketomo withdrew from the Edo court, but he returned some years later to serve as rōjū from August 2, 1858 through August 21, 1859, again for two weeks in mid-June 1863 (June 13-29th).[5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Meyer, Eva-Maria. "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit." University of Tüebingen (in German).
- ^ a b c Appert, Georges et al. (1888). Ancien Japon, p. 76.
- ^ a b c d e Papinot, Jacques. (2003). Nobiliare du Japon -- Ōta, pp. 48; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon. (in French/German).
- ^ Jansen, Marius. (1995). The Emergence of Meiji Japan, p. 27; list of rōjū.
- ^ GeoRulersAtlas web site, rōjū.
[edit] References
- Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888). Ancien Japon. Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha.
- Jansen, Marius B. (1995). The Emergence of Meiji Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10-ISBN 0-521-48405-7
- Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). 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...Click link for digitized 1906 Nobiliaire du japon (2003)
[edit] See also
| Preceded by Ōta Suketoki |
5th (Ōta) Lord of Kakegawa 1810-1841 |
Succeeded by Ōta Sukekatsu |
| Preceded by Matsudaira Muneakira |
43rd Kyoto Shoshidai 1832-1834 |
Succeeded by Matsudaira Nobuyori |
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