List of Famous people with last name Dokan

Ōta Dōkan

First Name Ōta
Last Name Dōkan
Born on November 30, 1431
Died on August 25, 1486 (aged 54)

Ōta Dōkan , also known as Ōta Sukenaga or Ōta Dōkan Sukenaga, was a Japanese samurai warrior-poet, military tactician and Buddhist monk. Ōta Sukenaga 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.

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