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3 unusual facts about Ogasawara


Kasagake

Kasagake was inherited just inside the Ogasawara and Takeda family as a part of rei (bowing) manners for long years.

Today, Ogasawara school and Takeda school kasagake can be watched on some festivals, such as the shinji kasagake at Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto, Dousun Festival in Miura, Kanagawa and local festival in Kasakake, Gunnma, where Minamoto no Yoritomo performed kasageke.

Ogasawara-ryū

During the reign of Ashikaga Takauji, the first Ashikaga shogun, Nagakiyo's descendant Ogasawara Sadamune (1292–1347) was given responsibility for maintaining correct etiquette at Takauji's court, giving the Ogasawara-ryū official sanction.


Ogasawara Naganari

Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as viscount (shishaku) under the kazoku peerage system.

Ogasawara Nagatsune

He was the eldest son of Ogasawara Nagakiyo and the rightful inheritor of the art of Ogasawara-ryu archery and mounted archery.

Tadazane

Ogasawara Tadazane (1596–1667), Japanese daimyō of the early Edo Period, the son of Ogasawara Hidemasa

Takanashi clan

When the Takeda clan invaded their territory in 1553, the Takanashi allied with the Murakami, Ogasawara, and Suda clans.


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