Ōta clan

Ōta
太田
Family crest (kamon) of main Ōta line
Home provinceTanba Province
Parent house Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji)
Titlesdaimyō, viscount
FounderMinamoto (Ōta) Sukekuni
Final rulerŌta Sukeyoshi
Founding year14th century
Ruled until1871 (Abolition of the han system)

The Ōta clan (太田氏,, Ōta-shi) was samurai kin group which rose to prominence in Sengoku and Edo period Japan. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the Ōta were hereditary vassals (fudai daimyō) of the Tokugawa clan.