Count was a Japanese samurai daimyō of the late Edo period. He was the head of Kokura Domain.Edmond Papinot. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon. digitized 1906 Nobiliaire du japon (2003)Edmond Papinot (2003). "Terazawa" in Nobiliare du Japon. pp. 44–45.
Ogasawara clan genealogy Tadanobu was part of the senior branch of the Ogasawara clan.Appert, Georges (1888). Ancien Japon. Kokobunsha. p. 75.
Tadanobu's branch of the clan were daimyō at Kokura Domain (150,000 koku) "Kokura Castle," Kitakyushu Bridges, p. 2; Kokura Castle. in Buzen Province.
He was a () in the kazoku nobility system. This was because the head of this clan line and his heirs were ennobled in 1884."Nobility, Peerage and Ranks in Ancient and Meiji-Japan", p. 21.
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 in 1866 during its retreat to Kawara. He was assisted in day-to-day affairs by his two karō, and . Komiya was the one who took charge of the burning of Kokura Castle and he subsequently committed seppuku upon orders by the Kokura domain.
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.Ogasawara Tadanobu, notes (in Japanese). upp.so-net.ne.jp
In the Meiji era, Tadanobu spent a few years studying in Britain, returning in 1878. He held junior 3rd court rank ().
Ancestry
References
Further reading Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Ogasawara". Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 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. (cloth)
See also Biography of Tadanobu (September 28, 2007)