was the 6th daimyō

Daimyo

is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...

of Kakegawa Domain

Kakegawa Domain

' was a Japanese feudal domain of the Edo period, located in Tōtōmi Province. Kakegawa was primarily a Fudai domain. It was centered at Kakegawa Castle in what is now Kakegawa, Shizuoka.-History:...

 in Tōtōmi Province

Totomi Province

was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today western Shizuoka Prefecture. Tōtōmi bordered on Mikawa, Suruga and Shinano Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was .-History:...

, (modern-day Shizuoka Prefecture

Shizuoka Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...

) in late-Edo period

Edo period

The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....

 Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Biography

Ōta Sukekatsu was the eldest son of Ōta Sukemoto

Ota Sukemoto

was the 5th Ōta daimyō of Kakegawa Domain in Tōtōmi Province, in late-Edo period and Bakumatsu period Japan and a high-level office holder within the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was Dewa-no-kami.-Biography:...

, the 5th daimyō of Kakegawa Domain. He became head of the Ōta clan

Ota clan

The was a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Seiwa Genji. The Ota are best known as daimyō of territories on Kyūshū during the Edo period ....

 and daimyō of Kakegawa on Sukemoto’s retirement on June 10, 1841. He was appointed to the offices of Sōshaban

Sōshaban

were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Conventional interpretations have construed this Japanese title as "master of ceremonies."...

and Jisha-bugyō

Jisha-bugyo

was a "commissioner" or an "overseer" of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were always fudai daimyō, the lowest-ranking of the shogunate offices to be so restricted...

, but pleading ill health, resigned from his posts in 1856. He predeceased his father, dying in 1862 at the age of 36.

Ōta Sukekatsu was married to a daughter of Aoyama Tadanaga

Aoyama Tadanaga

was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period, who ruled the Sasayama Domain. He served as a rōjū in the Tokugawa shogunate.-References:*Bolitho, Harold . Treasures among men; the fudai daimyo in Tokugawa Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press....

, daimyō of Sasayama Domain

Sasayama Domain

' was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Tanba Province. It was founded in 1609, when Matsudaira Yasushige moved there from the Yakami Domain. The domain changed hands several times until 1748, when it was given to Aoyama Tadatomo. The Aoyama family remained there until 1868; the...

 and is known to have had at least one daughter. However, on his death, the position of daimyō of Kakegawa went to his younger brother, Ōta Sukeyoshi

Ōta Sukeyoshi (II)

was the 7th daimyō of Kakegawa Domain in Tōtōmi Province, in Bakumatsu period Japan.-Biography:Ōta Sukeyoshi was the 7th son of Ōta Sukemoto, the 5th daimyō of Kakegawa Domain. He became head of the Ōta clan and daimyō of Kakegawa on the death of his elder brother, Ōta Sukekatsu in January 1862,...

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His grave is at the Ōta clan temple of Myōhokke-ji in Mishima, Shizuoka

Mishima, Shizuoka

is a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 112,078 and a population density of 1,800 persons per km². The total area is 62.13 km²...

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