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The Two Rintaro's[edit]

沖田林太郎藤原房政 Okita Rintaro Fujiwara no Kanemasa(sp?)

He was Mitsu's husband and Soji's brother-in-law.

Okita Soji Feature by Mori, p.10, line 3-4

"Inoue Sozo's younger brother, Rintaro Kanemasa (Rintaro Mototsune's nephew) became an adopted son/son-in-law (of the Okita family) to be the head of the Okita family..."

沖田林太郎元常 Okita Rintaro Mototsune(sp?)

He was Soji's step-father and Rintaro Kanemasa's uncle. He died in 1852.

Okita Soji Feature by Mori, p.10, line 1-2

"one was Inoue Rintaro Mototsune, whom bought his samurai status (from the Okita family) after Okita Katsujiro's death on (lunar calendar) October 20, 1845..."

Okita Soji Feature by Mori, p.10, line 12-13

"Based on the family record, it is supposed that Rintaro Kanemasa's father-in-law, aka Soji's (step-)father, Rintaro Mototsune, died in 1852. His wife, Soji's mother, died on (lunar calendar) Auguest 8, 1862..."

Seven 07:11, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kanemasa vs Mototsune[edit]

I'd copied "房政" as "Mototsune" by mistake. It should've been "Kanemasa" (or Fusamasa???) instead. My apologies. Seven 03:35, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As for "元常", it normally would be Mototsune. However, with a family clan name "Fujiwara", this "Fujiwara no Mototsune"(藤原元常) would have shared an identical pronunciation with Fujiwara no Mototsune (藤原基経, 836-891). Wouldn't a 19th century Japanese man avoid a name like that? If this Inoue Rintaro was born with the formal given name/middle name "Motosune," wouldn't he have also changed it when he changed his name to Okita Rintaro? Seven 10:57, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]