Ogasawara Clan Genealogy
Nagatoki was part of the senior branch of the Ogasawara.
The Ogasawara clan originated in 12th century Shinano province. They claim descent from Takeda Yoshikiyo and as part of the Seiwa-Genji. The great grandson of Yoshikiyo, Nagakiyo, was the first to take the name Ogasawara. The area controlled by the senior branch of his descendants grew to encompass the entire province of Shinano.
Nagakiyo's grandson, Ogawawara Hidemasa (1569–1615), served Ieyasu; and in 1590, Hidemasa received Koga Domain in Shimōsa province (20,000 koku). In 1601, Ieyasu transferred Hidemasa to Iida Domain in Shinano (50,000 koku); then, in 1613, he was able to return to the home of his forebears, Fukashi Castle (80,000 koku), now known as Matsumoto Castle.
This senior branch of the fudai Ogasawara from the beginning were daimyō at Fukashi; then, in 1617, the daimyō was transferred to Akashi Domain in Harima province (120,000 koku). In the years spanning 1632 through 1868, the descendants of this branch of the Ogasawara were daimyō at Kokura Domain (150,000 koku) in Buzen province; and Nagatoki's descendants would be part of this line.
The Ogasawara would prosper during the years of Tokugawa shogunate. During the Edo period, the Ogasawara were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassels or allies of the Tokdugawa, in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans.
The heads of fudai Ogasawara clan branches would be ennobled in the Meiji period.
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