Itō Suketaka

Itō Suketaka
伊東 祐兵
EraSengoku periodAzuchi–Momoyama period
Birth dateEiroku 2, January 15 (Zhēngyuè) (1559 February 22)
Hyuga Province, Japan
Death dateKeichō 5, October 11 (Zhēngyuè) (1600 November 16)
Name change(s)Torakura-maru (childhood name), Rokuro-Goro, Rokuro-Saburo (nicknames), Suketaka
Dharma name報恩寺心関宗安
Grave place(s)Hōonji-temple, Nichinan city, Miyazaki Prefecture
RankMimbu-taifu, Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade, Bungo-no-kami
Lord(s)Toyotomi HideyoshiHideyori
Domain(s)The first lord of Hyūga-Obi Domain
Clan(s)Itō clan, a branch family of Fujiwara clan
Wife (Wives)Seishitsu : Itō Yoshimasu's daughter
Child (Children)daughter (Itō Sukehira's Seishitsu), Itō Sukeyoshi, Osen (Naruse Masatake's Seishitsu), daughter (Takigawa Norinao's Seishitsu), Itō Sukekoto

Itō Suketaka (伊東 祐兵) was a samurai, daimyō and twelfth family leader of the Itō clan, which was active from the Sengoku period to the Azuchi–Momoyama period. Today, Suketaka is regarded as the "ruler of virtue of the middle-Itō clan".