Ogasawara (clan)

Family coat of arms Ogasawara (three graduated diamonds)

Ogasawara (Kokura) residence in Edo
(Ote-machi)

The Ogasawara ( Japanese 小 笠原 氏 , Ogasawara-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from Takeda Yoshikiyo ( 武 田義清 ; † 1163), who in turn was a descendant of the Seiwa Genji . The Ogasawara originally lived in Shinano Province . With an income of 150,000 Koku , the Ogasarawa rulers in Kokura (now a district of Kitakyūshū ( Fukuoka Prefecture )) belonged to the larger Fudai daimyō of the Edo period .

genealogy

• Nagakiyo ( 長 清 ; 1162-1242), a grandson of Yoshikiyo, was the first to use the name Ogasawara. His descendants gradually took possession of Shinano.

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• Sadamune ( 貞 宗 ; 1294–1350)

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• Nagatoki ( 長 時 ; 1519–1583)

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• Sadayori is said to have been a grandson of Nagatoki. The discovery of the Ogasawara Islands named after him in 1593 was attributed to him. The existence of Sadayori and thus his discovery has not yet been proven.
• Hidemasa ( 秀 政 ; 1569-1615), a grandson of Nagatokis, served Tokugawa Ieyasu and received from him in 1590 the fiefdom based in Koga ( Shimōsa Province ) with 20,000 Koku income. In 1601 he was transferred to Iida ( Shinano Province ), with his income increased to 50,000 koku. In 1613 he received Fukashi (now Matsumoto ), the seat of his ancestors, with an income of 80,000 koku . He had three sons who established four lines:
  • Tadazane ( 忠 真 )
    • Tadao ( 忠雄 ) - Tadatomo ( 忠 基 ) - Tadafusa ( 忠 総 ) (a)
    • Sanekata ( 真 方 ) - Sadamichi ( 貞 通 ) - Sadaaki ( 貞 顕 ) (b)
  • Tadanaga ( 忠 脩 ) - Nagatsugu ( 長 次 ) - Nagakatsu ( 長勝 ) - Nagatane ( 長 胤 ) (c)
  • Tadatomo ( 忠 知 ) - Naganori ( 長 矩 ) - Nagasuke ( 長 祐 ) - Nagashige ( 長 重) (d)

A fifth line also descended from Sadamune:

• • Nobuyuki ( 信 之 ) - Masanobu ( 政 信 ) - Sadanobu ( 貞 信 ) - Nobutoki ( 信 辰 ) (e)

As usual, the Ogasawara were given different fiefs over time:

• (a) Main line: it resided first in Fukashi, then from 1671 in Akashi ( Harima Province ) and finally from 1632 to 1868 in Kokura with 150,000 Koku at last and carried the honorary title "Sakyō taifu". Graf until 1945 after the Meiji Restoration .
• (b) Branch line: until 1868 she resided in Chizuka ( province of Buzen , today part of the city of Buzen ) with 10,000 koku . Vice Count until 1945 after the Meiji Restoration.
• (c) Branch line: it resided in Tatsuno (Harima) until 1617 , from 1632 in Nakatsu (Buzen Province) and finally in Ashi (Harima) with 10,000 koku in 1716 . Vice Count until 1945 after the Meiji Restoration.
• (d) Branch line: it resided in Kitsuki ( Bungo Province ) until 1632 , from 1645 in Yoshida ( Mikawa Province , today Toyohashi ), from 1697 in Iwatsuki ( Musashi Province ), from 1711 in Kakegawa ( Tōtōmi Province ), from 1747 in Tanakura ( Mutsu Province ) and then from 1817 to 1868 in Karatsu ( Hizen Province ) with 60,000 Koku at last. Vice Count until 1945 after the Meiji Restoration.
• (e) Branch line: it resided in Koga (Shimōsa) in 1608, from 1619 in Sekiyado (Shimōsa), from 1637 in Takasu ( Province of Mino ; today part of the city of Kaizu ), from 1691 in Katsuyama ( Province of Echizen ) with the last 22,000 Koku. Vice Count until 1945 after the Meiji Restoration.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ T. Furusawa: Kamon Daicho . Kin-ensha, no year, ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 240.

literature

• E. Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the original 1910 edition by Tuttle, 1972. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .