Ogasawara Nagashige

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

Ogasawara Nagashige (小笠原 長重^?, June 5, 1650 – September 19, 1732), also known as Sado-no-kami and Etchū-no-kami was a Japanese daimyo of the mid-Edo period.^[1]

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

Ogasawara clan genealogy

The mon of the Ogasawara clan

The clan was divided into the Fukashi Ogasawara and the Matsuo Ogasawra branches, which held large estates in Harima and Buzen provinces during the Edo period.^[3] Nagamichi was part of a cadet branch of the Ogasawara which was created in 1632.^[2]

The fudai Ogasawara clan originated in 12th century Shinano province.^[2] They claim descent from Takeda Yoshikiyo and as part of the Seiwa-Genji.^[4] The great grand-son of Yoshikiyo, Nagakiyo, was the first to take the name Ogasawara. The area controlled by the senior branch of his descendants grew to encompass the entire province of Shinano.^[5] 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),^[4] now known as Matsumoto Castle.^[6]

Nagashige was born into a cadet branch of the Ogasawara who were daimyō in 1632 at Kizuki Domain in Bungo province; in 1645 at Yoshida Domain in Mikawa province; in 1697 at Iwatsuki Domain in Musashi province; and in 1711 at Kakegawa Domain in Tōtōomi province. In 1747, Nagashige's heirs were transferred to Tanakura Domain in Mutsu province. In the years spanning 1817 through 1868, the descendants of this branch of the Ogasawara were daimyō at Karatsu Domain (60,000 koku) in Hizen province;^[7] and Nagashige was part of this branch of the clan.

The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period.^[7]

Events in Nagashige's life

Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto shoshidai in the period spanning October 17, 1691 through May 15, 1702.^[8] He had previously been shogunate's magistrate or overseer of the country's temples and shrines (jisha bugyō) from Genroku 3, the 3rd day of the 12th month, through Genroku 4, the 26th day of the 4th month (1691).^[1]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice. (1999). Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed, p. 442.
2. ^ ^{a b c} Alpert, Georges. (1888). Ancien Japon, p.75.
3. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ogasawara" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 737 at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
4. ^ ^{a b} 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).
5. ^ Papinot, p. 44.
6. ^ Rowthorn, Chris. (2005). Japan, p. 245; Wa-pedia web site
7. ^ ^{a b} Papinot, p. 45.
8. ^ Meyer, Eva-Maria. "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit." Universität Tübingen (in German).

References

• Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888). Ancien Japon. Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha. OCLC 4429674
• Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice. (1999). Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press . 10-ISBN 0824819640/13-ISBN 9780824819644; 10-ISBN 0824820665/13-ISBN 9780824820664; OCLC 246417677
• Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867. Münster: Tagenbuch. 10-ISBN 3825839397/13-ISBN 9783825839390; OCLC 722998498
• Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
• Papinot, Jacques Edmund Joseph. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha. OCLC 465662682; Nobiliaire du japon (abridged version of 1906 text).
• Sasaki Suguru. (2002). 戊辰戦争 : 敗者の明治維新 (Boshin sensō : haisha no Meiji ishin). Tokyo: 中央公論社 (Chūōkōron-shinsha). 10-ISBN 4121004558/13-ISBN 9784121004550; OCLC 33505801

Persondata
Name	Ogasawara, Nagashige
Alternative names
Short description	Daimyo
Date of birth	June 5, 1650
Place of birth
Date of death	September 19, 1732
Place of death