Jomyo OTA, together with his colleague Jonin (Tsunenobu) TOKI (who was called Nichijo as Buddhist priest), became known after accepting Nichiren, who had been under persecution, to his territory in Yawatanosho of Shimousa Province (present-day Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture).
太田乗明は同僚の富木常忍（日常）とともに迫害されていた日蓮を自領のある下総国八幡荘（現在の千葉県市川市）に受け入れた事で知られている。