Ōoka clan

The Ōoka clan (大岡氏 Ōoka -shi) were a samurai kin group which rose to prominence in the Edo period. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the Ōoka, as hereditary vassels of the Tokugawa clan, were classified as one of the fudai daimyō clans. The clan’s fortunes went into eclipse when Ōoka Tadashina (1667–1710) so displeased Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi that he was exiled to Hachijojima and Ōoka Tadafusa (1650–1696) was forced to commit seppuku for killing a retainer of the Shimazu clan in a brawl.

Ōoka clan

The Ōoka clan (大岡氏 Ōoka -shi) were a samurai kin group which rose to prominence in the Edo period. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the Ōoka, as hereditary vassels of the Tokugawa clan, were classified as one of the fudai daimyō clans. The clan’s fortunes went into eclipse when Ōoka Tadashina (1667–1710) so displeased Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi that he was exiled to Hachijojima and Ōoka Tadafusa (1650–1696) was forced to commit seppuku for killing a retainer of the Shimazu clan in a brawl.