Ota Sukenori - Ota Sukenori

…There are various branches of samurai in the Middle Ages. (1) The Tada branch of the Seiwa Genji. It is said to have begun when Sukekuni, the direct descendant of Minamoto no Yorimasa, lived in Ota-go, Tanba Province, and took the name Ota. Sukekuni served Uesugi Shigefusa, and in 1252 (4th year of Kencho), accompanied Shigefusa on his journey eastward under Prince and Shogun Munetaka. Later, when the Uesugi clan split off, he served the Ogigayatsu clan and became its chief retainer. Ota Dokan is said to be a descendant of this branch. (2) A samurai family active as legal bureaucrats in the Kamakura and Muromachi Shogunate. It is said to have begun when Yasutsune, the son of Miyoshi Yasunobu, was given the position of land steward of Kuwahara-kata in Ota-sho, Bingo Province, by Yasunobu, and took the name Ota. …

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…中世の武家で諸流がある。(1)清和源氏多田流。源頼政の嫡流を継ぐ資国が丹波国太田郷に住して太田を名のったのに始まるという。資国は上杉重房に仕え，1252年(建長4)親王将軍宗尊の東下に重房とともに従う。のち上杉氏が分流すると扇谷家に従事してその家宰となった。太田道灌はその末葉という。(2)鎌倉･室町幕府の法曹官僚として活躍する武家。三善康信の子康連が，備後国大田荘桑原方地頭職を康信から与えられ，太田を称したのに始まるという。…

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