Ōta Sukeyoshi (I)
Ōta Sukeyoshi 太田資愛 | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1739 |
| Died | March 17, 1805 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation(s) | Daimyō of Kakegawa Domain; Rōjū |
Ōta Sukeyoshi (太田 資愛, 1739 – March 17, 1805) was the 2nd daimyō of Kakegawa Domain in Tōtōmi Province, (modern-day Shizuoka Prefecture) in mid-Edo period Japan, 6th hereditary chieftain of the Kakegawa-Ōta clan, and a high-level office holder within the Tokugawa shogunate.[1]
Biography
[edit ]Ōta Sukeyoshi was the second son of Ōta Suketoshi, the daimyō of Kakegawa Domain. Under Shōgun Tokugawa Ieharu, he was appointed as sōshaban in 1768 and Jisha-bugyō in 1755. He rose to the position of Wakadoshiyori from 1781. As daimyō of Kakegawa, he invited the noted Neo-Confucian scholar Matsuzaka Kōdō to reside in his domain. In 1789, Sukeyoshi was appointed Kyoto Shoshidai , the shogunate's official representative to the Court in Kyoto. In 1793, Sukeyoshi rose to the position of rōjū to the infant shōgun Tokugawa Ienari, a position he held until 1801.
Sukeyoshi died on March 17, 1805. His grave is at the Ōta clan bodaiji of Myōhokke-ji in Mishima, Shizuoka.
References
[edit ]- Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888). Ancien Japon. Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha.
- Papinot, Edmond. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...Click link for digitized 1906 Nobiliaire du japon (2003)
- The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.
Notes
[edit ]- ^ Meyer, Eva-Maria. "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit". Archived 2008年04月11日 at the Wayback Machine University of Tüebingen (in German).
