Ōta_Tokitoshi

Ōta Tokitoshi

Ōta Tokitoshi

Samurai of the late Edo period

Ōta Tokitoshi (太田 時敏, 16 January 1839 – 20 January 1915) was a samurai of Morioka and a Sanbongi Shinden Goyogakari (new rice field affairs official in Sanbongi) of the late Edo period.[1] He was Nitobe Inazō's uncle.[1] He was named Renhachiro (練八郎) in his youth.[2]

Life

Ōta Tokitoshi was born on January 16, 1839.[3] His father was Tsutō (傳), a chief retainer of Shichinohe Domain.[1] His paternal grandfather was Koretami (維民), atactician.[1] He was adopted by Ota Kingoro (太田金五郎), a chief retainer of Morioka Domain.[1] In 1863, he was appointed Sanbongi Shinden Goyogakari (new rice field affairs official in Sanbongi).[1] In 1868, he participated in the Boshin War as the shogunate side.[4] After that, he adopted Nitobe Inazō.[1] He managed a clothing store called “Tokitoshido（時敏堂）” in Tokyo.[5] Inazō used his uncle Tokitoshi as a model for his book “Bushidō”, and the book's door had a dedication from Inazō to Tokitoshi.[6][7] He also served as the Metropolitan Police Department.[3]He also served as the decree for the Nanbu (南部) family.[3] On January 18, 1915, he became ill and some came to visit him.[8] He died on January 20, 1915.[3]

Family

Depending upon the source, Ōta Tokitoshi and the entire Nitobe clan are descendants of either the Minamoto clan or the Taira clan (specifically, Chiba Tsunetane [ja][9]'s branch).[2][10] Tsunetane's grandson, Tsunehide [ja] (常秀, Tsunetane's son Tanemasa(胤正)'s son[11]) took over Nitobe in Shimotsuke Province.[2] Tsunehide continued inheritance with Tsunechika (常親), Yasutane (泰胤), Tsunesato (常邑), Tsunesada (常貞)、Sadatsuna (貞綱), Sadahiro (貞広), Hiromori (広盛), Tsunemochi (常望) Tsunetada (常忠), Tsunenobu (常信), and Nobumori (信盛) from generation to generation.[2] Sadatsuna lived in Nitobe and died in 1309.[12] During the Nanboku-chō period, Sadahiro and his son Hiromori both fought on the Southern Court side.[12] Sadahiro died in 1337.[2] Hiromori died in Shinano in 1351 during the war.[2][12] Tsunetada and his son Tsunenobu both served Ashikaga Mitsukane and Mochiuji of the Kantō kubō.[12] After Tsunenobu's death, his son Nobumori returned to Nitobe.[12] Nobumori's daughter was Moriyori(盛頼)'s wife.[12] As for the inheritor, Nobumori welcomed the clan, Motoyoshi Narizumi(元良成澄)'s child, Moriyori (盛頼) as an adopted child, and became Nitobe for the first time.[2] Moriyori continued inheritance with Yoritane (頼胤), Yoshitane (良胤), Tanemochi (胤望), Yorinaga (頼長), Taneshige (胤重), and Tokiharu (春治) from generation to generation.[2] Tokiharu's third son Tsunetsuna (常綱, popular name was Densuke(伝助)) split up and became a Hanamaki Kyūjin (upper class retainers).[2] Before Tsunetsuna became Kyūjin, Tsunetsuna served Nanbu Masanao.[2] After Tsunetsuna's death, Tsunetsuna's second son Sadaaki (貞紹, popular name was Denzō(伝蔵)) inherited.[2] After Sadaaki, Yoshiaki (義紹, popular names were Kyūsuke(九助), Densuke(伝助), and Heizo(平蔵)) inherited.[2] After Yoshiaki's death, Yoshiaki's nephew (Yoshiaki's brother Tsunekatsu(常佸)'s son) Tsunemochi (常以) inherited.[2] After Tsunemochi's death, Tsunemochi's brother Tsunetoki (常言, popular name was Denzō(伝蔵)) inherited.[2] After Tsunetoki, Tsuneyoshi (常贇, popular name was Densuke(伝助)) inherited.[2] Tsuneyoshi was Tokitoshi's Great-grandfather.[2] Tsuneyoshi married Tokitoshi's great-grandmother Oei (おゑい, daughter of Ōta Hidenori (太田秀典) of Hanamaki).[13] Tsuneyoshi Died in 1803.[2] Tokitoshi's grandfather was Koretami (維民, Inheritance to the reign of Nanbu Toshitaka.)[2] Tokitoshi's father was Tsunezumi (常澄, Nitobe Tsutō).[2] Tokitoshi's brother was Tsunenori (常訓, Jūjirō), and Tokitoshi's nephew were Shichirō (七郎) and Inanosuke (稲之助, Inazō).[14][2]

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    "人物用語集". NITOBE MEMORIAL MUSEUM. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  2. [2]
    Iwate Historical Biography Committee.『岩手県姓氏歴史人物大辞典』1998, pp. 971-974.
  3. [3]
    Urata & Fujii 2009, p. 47.
  4. [4]
    Ōdate-shi 1978, pp. 372-383.
  5. [5]
    大島正健著『クラーク先生とその弟子たち』宝文館、1958, p.247.
  6. [6]
    太田俊穂, 1977,『北方史の残映 : 後藤寿庵から宮沢賢治まで』, 牧野出版, p. 110. OCLC 703871208.
  7. [7]
    新渡戸稲造 (1938). 武士道. 岩波文庫. 矢内原忠雄訳. 岩波書店. p. 10. ISBN 4-00-331181-7.
  8. [8]
    原奎一郎編『原敬日記 第4巻 総裁就任』福村出版、1965, p.87.
  9. [9]
    Chiba clan.
  10. [10]
    Tōkyō Joshi Daigaku. Nitobe Inazō Kenkyūkai (1969). Nitobe Inazō kenkyū. Shunjūsha. pp. 366–367. OCLC 19361230.
  11. [11]
    Kokusho Kankōkai, 1981. pp. 109–110
  12. [12]
    Tōkyō Joshi Daigaku. Nitobe Inazō Kenkyūkai (1969). Nitobe Inazō kenkyū. Shunjūsha. pp. 367–368. OCLC 19361230.
  13. [13]
    Tōkyō Joshi Daigaku. Nitobe Inazō Kenkyūkai (1969). Nitobe Inazō kenkyū. Shunjūsha. pp. 373, 380. OCLC 19361230.
  14. [14]
    Kenʼichi Iida (1989). Kagaku to gijutsu. Iwanami Shoten. p. 23. OCLC 646833310.

Works cited

  • Urata, Keizō; Fujii, Shigeru (2009). "Ōta Tokitoshi" 太田時敏. Iwate biographical dictionary 岩手人名辞典 (in Japanese). Nitobe Kikin 新渡戸基金 (in Japanese). p. 47. ISBN 978-4931531260.
  • Ōdate-shishi 大館市史 (in Japanese). Ōdate-shi 大館市 (in Japanese). 1978. pp. 372–383.
  • Hanamaki shishi. 3 花巻市史 (in Japanese). Kokusho Kankōkai 国書刋行会 (in Japanese). 1981. pp. 103–128. OCLC 33605806.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Ōta_Tokitoshi, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.