Ōhori, Ohori or Oohori (written: 大堀 lit. "big canal") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese badminton player
*, Japanese actor
*, Japanese singer and television personality
Etymology
"Ōhori" originally meant a large moat.
It is derived from
Kuroda Nagamasa
was a ''daimyō'' during the late Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods. He was the son of Kuroda Kanbei, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's chief strategist and adviser.
Biography
Nagamasa's childhood name was Shojumaru (松寿丸). In 1577 his fathe ...
, a lord of
Fukuoka
is the List of Japanese cities by population, sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. ...
, who reclaimed the northern half of Kusage, an inlet facing
Hakata Bay
is a bay in the northwestern part of Fukuoka city, on the Japanese island of Kyūshū. It faces the Tsushima Strait, and features beaches and a port, though parts of the bay have been reclaimed in the expansion of the city of Fukuoka. The ba ...
. He then made a moat for the
Fukuoka castle
is a Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It is also known as Maizuru Castle (舞鶴城 Maizuru-jō) or Seki Castle (石城 Seki-jō). Completed in the early Edo period for ''tozama daimyō'' Kuroda Nagamasa, it has been decre ...
.
See also
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Ōhori Park
is a park in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan and a registered Place of Scenic Beauty.
History
The name Ōhori means a large moat and it derives from the fact that Kuroda Nagamasa, the old lord of Fukuoka, reclaimed the northern half of a cove ...
, a park in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
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Ōhori Station, a railway station in Mogami, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
References
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Japanese-language surnames