# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ota-dokan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:24:40.313Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ota-dokan"
name: "Ōta Dōkan"
slug: "ota-dokan"
description: "Ōta Dōkan , also known as Ōta Sukenaga, was a Japanese samurai lord, poet and Buddhist monk. He took the tonsure as a Buddhist priest in 1478, and he also adopted the Buddhist name, Dōkan, by which he is known today. Dōkan is best known as the architect and builder of Edo Castle in what is today modern Tokyo; and he is considered the founder of the castle town which grew up around that Ōnin era fortress."
tagline: "Japanese poet and samurai"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Outa_Doukan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1432"
deathDate: "1486-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.90735333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%AA%E7%94%B0%E9%81%93%E7%81%8C"
    title: "太田道灌"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ota_Dokan"
    title: "Ota Dokan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cta_D%C5%8Dkan"
    title: "Ōta Dōkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cta_D%C5%8Dkan"
    title: "Ōta Dōkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cta_D%C5%8Dkan"
    title: "Ōta Dōkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cta_D%C5%8Dkan"
    title: "Ōta Dōkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cta_D%C5%8Dkan"
    title: "Ōta Dōkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "اوتا دوکان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cta_D%C5%8Dkan"
    title: "Ōta Dōkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cta_D%C5%8Dkan"
    title: "Ōta Dōkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%AA%E7%94%B0%E9%81%93%E7%81%8C"
    title: "太田道灌"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Dkan_%C5%8Cta"
    title: "Dōkan Ōta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Ота Докан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q386144"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump