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

The Ogasawara were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa,[2] in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans.

Shogunate official edit

Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto shoshidai in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702.[3] 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]

He was responsible for bringing Yamada Sōhen, a disciple of Sen Sōtan, to Edo to promulgate the practice of the Japanese tea ceremony.[4]

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References edit

 
The emblem (mon) of the Ogasawara clan
  1. ^ a b Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice. (1999). Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed, p. 442.
  2. ^ Appert, Georges. (1888). Ancien Japon, p.75.
  3. ^ Meyer, Eva-Maria. "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit". Archived April 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Universität Tübingen (in German).
  4. ^ A.L. Sadler (26 July 2011). Cha-No-Yu: The Japanese Tea Ceremony. Perseus Books Group. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-4629-0191-3.

Further reading edit

  • 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). ISBN 9784121004550; OCLC 33505801