was the 3rd ''
daimyō'' of
Kakegawa Domain in
Tōtōmi Province, (modern-day
Shizuoka Prefecture
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) in mid-
Edo period Japan
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and seventh hereditary chieftain of the Kakegawa-Ōta clan.
Biography
Ōta Sukenobu was the second son of
Ōta Sukeyoshi, the previous ''daimyō'' of Kakegawa Domain, by a
concubine. As his elder brother Ōta Suketake died in 1785, he inherited the leadership of the
Ōta clan
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and position of ''daimyō'' of Kakegawa Domain on the death of his father in 1805. The following year, he was appointed as ''
sōshaban'' at
Edo Castle
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Tokugawa Ieyasu established the ...
in the service of ''
Shōgun''
Tokugawa Ienari.
However, he died only three years later at the relatively young age of 47. Although he was married to a daughter of
Niwa Takayasu
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of
Nihonmatsu Domain in
Mutsu Province
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Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the comb ...
and his concubine was a daughter of
Honda Tadayoshi
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of
Yamazaki Domain in
Harima Province
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During the ...
, he had only one daughter, and the domain passed to his adopted younger brother
Ōta Suketoki on his death.
His grave is at the clan ''
bodaiji'' of Myōhokke-ji in
Mishima, Shizuoka.
References
* Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888)
''Ancien Japon''.Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha.
*
Papinot, Edmond. (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
Sukenobu
1762 births
1808 deaths
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