Ogasawara Tadanobu

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Ogasawara".

Ogasawara Tadanobu
10th Lord of Kokura
In office 1865–1871
Preceded by	Ogasawara Tadayoshi
Succeeded by	none
Personal details
Born	March 8, 1862(1862-03-08)
Died	February 6, 1897(1897-02-06) (aged 34)
Nationality	Japanese

Count Ogasawara Tadanobu (小笠原 忠忱^?, March 8, 1862 – February 6, 1897) was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period, who ruled the Kokura Domain.^[1]　

During the Edo period, the Ogasawara were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassels or allies of the Tokdugawa,^[2] in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans.

Ogasawara clan genealogy

The mon of the Ogasawara clan

Tadanobu was part of the senior branch of the Ogasawara.^[2]

The fudai Ogasawara clan originated in 12th century Shinano province.^[2] They claim descent from Takeda Yoshikiyo and the Seiwa-Genji.^[1] Broadly, there are two genaological lines of the Ogasawara, the Matsuo and the Fukashi, each of which identify places in Shinano. The Matsuo line gave rise to the Ogasawara of Echizen, and the Fukashi line is ultimately established at the Ogasawara of Bunzen.^[3]

The great grand-son of Yoshikiyo, Nagakiyo, was the first to take the name Ogasawara. The area controlled by his descendants grew to encompass the entire province of Shinano.^[4]

Nagakiyo's grandson, Ogawawara Hidemasa (1569–1615), served Ieyasu; and in 1590, Hidemasa received Koga Domain (20,000 koku) in Shimōsa province. In 1601, Ieyasu transferred Hidemasa to Iida Domain (50,000 koku) in Shinano; then, in 1613, he was able to return to the home of his forebears, Fukashi Castle (80,000 koku),^[1] now known as Matsumoto Castle.^[5]

Tadanobu's branch of the fudai Ogasawara from the beginning were daimyō at Fukashi; then, in 1617, the daimyō was transferred to Akashi Domain (120,000 koku) in Harima province. In the years spanning 1632 through 1868, the descendants of this branch of the Ogasawara were daimyō at Kokura Domain (150,000 koku)^[6] in Buzen province.^[2]

The head of this clan line and his heirs were ennobled as a "Count" in 1884.^[7]

Events of Tadanobu's life

During Tadanobu's tenure as clan head, the Kokura domain took part in the shogunate's Choshu Expeditions, and also destroyed Kokura Castle. He was assisted in day-to-day affairs by his two karō, Komiya Minbu and Shimamura Shizuma. Komiya was the one who took charge of the burning of Kokura Castle. As the castle was built by the clan's ancestor Ogasawara Tadazane, he committed seppuku in atonement.

For his deployment of troops on the Imperial side during the Boshin War of 1868, Tadanobu received a personal stipend of 5,000 koku from the court.^[8]

In the Meiji era, Tadanobu spent a few years studying in Britain, returning in 1878. He eventually became a count (hakushaku (伯爵^?)) in the new kazoku nobility system. He also held junior 3rd court rank (jusanmi (従三位^?)).

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Papinot, Jacques. (2003). Nobiliare du Japon -- Ogasawara, pp. 44-45; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon. (in French/German).
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Alpert, Georges. (1888). Ancien Japon, p.75.
3. ^ Varley, Paul. (1967). The Onin War: History of Its Origins and Background with a Selective Translation of the Chronicle of Ōnin, p. 81 n23.
4. ^ Papinot, p. 44.
5. ^ Rowthorn, Chris. (2005). Japan, p. 245; JapanReference web site
6. ^ Papinot, p. 45; "Kokura Castle," Kitakyushu Bridges, p. 2; Kokura Castle.
7. ^ "Nobility, Peerage and Ranks in Ancient and Meiji-Japan," p. 21.
8. ^ Ogasawara Tadanobu, notes (in Japanese).

References

• Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888). Ancien Japon. Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha.
• Frederic, Louis (2002). "Ogasawara." Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-00770-0; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-00770-3 (cloth) -- 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5 (paper)
• Papinot, Jacques Edmund Joseph. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...Click link for digitized 1906 Nobiliaire du japon (2003)
• Varley, H. Paul. (1965). The Onin War: History of Its Origins and Background with a Selective Translation of the Chronicle of Ōnin New York Columbia University Press. 10-ISBN 0-231-02943-8; 13-ISBN 978-0-231-02943-8 (cloth)

See also

• (Japanese) Biography of Tadanobu (28 Sept. 2007)

Preceded by Ogasawara Tadayoshi

10th Lord of Kokura (Ogasawara) 1865-1871

Succeeded by none

Persondata
Name	Ogasawara, Tadanobu
Alternative names
Short description	Daimyo who rulled the Kokura Domain
Date of birth	March 8, 1862
Place of birth
Date of death	February 6, 1897
Place of death