was the 6th ''

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in Tōtōmi Province, (modern-day

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) in late-

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and 10th hereditary chieftain of the Kakegawa-Ōta clan.

Biography

Ōta Sukekatsu was the eldest son of

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, the 5th ''daimyō'' of Kakegawa Domain. He was received in formal audience by

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in March 1841 and became head of the

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and ''daimyō'' of Kakegawa on his father's retirement on June 10 of the same year. He was appointed to the offices of '' sōshaban'' in 1847 and ''

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'' in 1849, but resigned from his posts in 1856 due to ill health. He predeceased his father, dying in 1862 at the age of 34. Ōta Sukekatsu was married to a daughter of the '' rōjū''

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, of

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and is known to have had at least one daughter (who married

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). However, on his death, the position of ''daimyō'' of Kakegawa went to his younger brother, Ōta Sukeyoshi. His grave is at the Ōta clan '' bodaiji'' of Myōhokke-ji in

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References

* Papinot, Edmund. (1906) ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon.'' Tokyo: Librarie Sansaish
..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.'' , - Fudai daimyo Sukekatsu 1827 births 1862 deaths {{daimyo-stub