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, also known as Ōta Sukenaga (太田 資長) or Ōta Dōkan Sukenaga,〔Claremont College: ("Musashi, Flowers of Takada, ota Dokan and Yamabuki no koji" by Chikanobu Yoshu (woodblock print, 1884) )〕 was a Japanese ''samurai'' warrior-poet, military tactician and Buddhist monk. Ōta Sukenaga took the tonsure (bald scalp) as a Buddhist priest in 1478, and he also adopted the Buddhist name, Dōkan, by which he is known today.〔Time Out Magazine, Ltd. (2005) ( ''Time Out Tokyo,'' p. 11. )〕 Dōkan is best known as the architect and builder of Edo Castle (now the Imperial Palace) in what is today modern Tokyo; and he is considered the founder of the castle town which grew up around that ''Ōnin'' era fortress. Dōkan's 15th century poetic description of what was once just a fortified hill on the Sumida River near Edo Bay would become the basis for metropolitan Tokyo Governor Ryokichi Minobe's 1971 re-election slogan: "Give Tokyo back its blue sky!"〔( "A Blue Sky for Tokyo," ) ''Time.'' April 12, 1971. In 1971, the sky was not often blue and Mount Fuji could only be glimpsed on rare days. Today, thanks to strict air pollution and diesel exhaust regulations, Mt. Fuji is visible far more often.〕 Instead of stone walls, the defense works around the 15th-century castle were only grassy embankments, and the structures inside them were not grand. The initial enclosure which served as the castle's core area, the space which would have been Dōkan's ''hon-maru,'' was modestly sized; but the moats were extensive for that time period. These moats and their locations would figure prominently in the serial phases of construction and development which followed.〔Naito, Akira. ("From Old Edo to Modern Tokyo: 400 Years," ) ''Nipponia.'' No. 25, June 15, 2003.〕 Dōkan is also credited with diverting the Hira River east at Kandabashi to create the Nihonbashi River.〔 Celebrations attending the 500th Anniversary of Greater Tokyo illuminated parts of the story of Dōkan's life and achievements; and since that time, he has remained a well-known figure in modern popular culture.〔Févé, Nicholas ''et al.'' (2003). ( ''Japanese Capitals in Historical Perspective,'' p.244. )〕 ==Ōta clan genealogy== The Ōta clan originated in 15th century Musashi province.〔Appert, Georges ''et al.'' (1888). ( ''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, Edmund. (2003). (''Nobiliare du Japon'' -- Ōta, pp. 48; ) Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon;'' retrieved 2012-11-7.〕 The feudal progenitor of the clan name, Ōta Sukekuni, established himself 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.〔 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.〔 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.〔 Then, in the period spanning the years 1746 through 1868, this branch of the Ōta clan established itself at Kakegawa Domain (53,000 ''koku'')〔Papinot, ( p. 48. )〕 in Tōtōmi.〔 The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ōta Dōkan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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