Ogasawara Nagashige

Nagashige Ogasawara (Japanese小 笠原 长 重; * June 5, 1650; † September 19, 1732 ) was a Japanese daimyo ( lord ) of a secondary branch of the Ogasawara family during the Edo period.

Biography

Ogasawara Nagashige was ( according to the old calendar on the 7th day of the 5th month in the 3rd year Keian ) was born on June 5, 1650, the second son of Ogasawara Naganori (小 笠原 长 矩).

Ogasawara Nagashige was a senior member of the hatamoto Samurai. In 1690 he succeeded his elder brother Nagasuke daimyo of the fief (han ) Yoshida in the province of Mikawa, and received the offices of the Sōshaban - Bugyo (奉行 奏 者 番; Engl. " Commissioner for ceremonies " ) and the Jisha - Bugyo ( 寺 社 奉行; Engl. " Commissioner for temples and shrines ") within the shogunate. From October 17 1691 to May 15 In 1702 was governor of Kyoto (Kyoto shoshidai ). In 1697 he was roju in shogunate and exchanged his old feud against the wealthier Iwatsuki in Musashi Province. In 1710 he retired, and abdicated in favor of his son Nagahiro. Ogasawara 1711 this branch was entrusted with the fief of Kakegawa ( province Tōtōmi ).

In addition to these functions Nagashige received from the imperial court ceremonial title of Sado ( Etchu ) no Kami ( Engl. "provincial governor of Sado ( Etchu )").

Reception

Ogasawara Nagashiges name appears in the historical work of Toen SHOSETSU (兎 园 小说, "Tales from the rabbit garden " ) of Kyokutei Bakin from the year 1825. There it is, in Nagashiges County is a Utsurobune on a beach of the east coast have been washed ashore. However, this claim could be refuted, the Ogasawara family never had direct contact with the coastal inhabitants.