Ogasawara Tadanobu
Ogasawara Tadanobu | |
|---|---|
| 10th Lord of Kokura | |
| In office 1865–1871 | |
| Preceded by | Ogasawara Tadayoshi |
| Succeeded by | none |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 8, 1862 |
| Died | February 6, 1897 (aged 34) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Count Ogasawara Tadanobu (小笠原 忠忱, March 8, 1862 – February 6, 1897) was a Japanese samurai daimyo of the late Edo period. He was the head of Kokura Domain.[1]
Ogasawara clan genealogy
Tadanobu was part of the senior branch of the Ogasawara clan.[2]
Tadanobu's branch of the clan were daimyō at Kokura Domain (150,000 koku)[3] in Buzen province.[2]
He was a count (hakushaku (伯爵)) in the new kazoku nobility system. This was because the head of this clan line and his heirs were ennobled in 1884.[4]
Events of Tadanobu's life
During Tadanobu's tenure as clan head, the Kokura domain took part in the shogunate's Chōshū 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.[5]
In the Meiji era, Tadanobu spent a few years studying in Britain, returning in 1878. He held junior 3rd court rank (jusanmi (従三位)).
References
- ^ Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Terazawa" at Nobiliare du Japon, pp. 44-45; retrieved 2013-5-30.
- ^ a b Appert, Georges (1888). Ancien Japon, p.75.
- ^ "Kokura Castle," Kitakyushu Bridges, p. 2; Kokura Castle.
- ^ "Nobility, Peerage and Ranks in Ancient and Meiji-Japan," p. 21.
- ^ Ogasawara Tadanobu, notes (in Japanese).
Further reading
- Appert, Georges. (1888). Ancien Japon. Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha.
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Ogasawara." Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-00770-0/13-ISBN 978-0-674-00770-3
- 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
- Template:Ja icon Biography of Tadanobu (28 Sept. 2007)