List of Sources

Kikujiro-Den
Genealogical information on the lineage of Kikujiro Ogasawara was in the possession of Hideo Ogasawara and his eldest daughter Masako Ogasawara and his younger brother's eldest son (my father) which I possess a copy of .


Ogasawara-ke Kakocho (Ogasawara Family Mortuary Records)
List of death dates and Buddhist posthumous names of my great-grandfather thru my 11th great-grandfather was obtained from Koutoku-ji temple in Aoyama city, Tokyo and Zendou-ji temple in Saijo city, Ehime prefecture by my great uncle, Hideo Ogasawara, and his daughter Masako and his nephew who is my father.


Genealogical information of
the lineage of Mr. Kiyotada Ogasawara (ogasawara6601(at)wam.go.jp)(the current hereditary master of Ogasawara-ryu Yabusame)
Corresponded via e-mail, received genealogical information by airmail.


Murata Family Koseki
Provided by my father's cousin (daughter of Ogasawara Kuniko).


Letter of Collation and Results
Addressed to my great uncle, Hideo, from the late Count Tadamune Ogasawara (former master of Ogasawara-ryu Reihou) whose lineage is considered to be the main lineage of the entire Ogasawara clan.


*Tokugawa Kashindan no Kenkyu
(the Study of the Tokugawa Shogunate vassals)

*Kansei Choushuu Shokafu
(Genealogical information on the Shogunate Vassals)
Published by:  1966 T. Nakajima/Yoshikawa Koubunkan

*Seishi Kakei Daijiten
(Encyclopedia of Japanese bloodlines and lineages)
Published by: 1963 R. Ohta/Kadokawa Shoten

*Above 3 sources regarding the Ogasawaras were kindly sent to me via airmail by Mr. Yasuhisa Hirai, (qdca1385(at)cc.okayama-u.ac.jp)a
  descendant of the Akamatsu clan (also descended from Seiwa Genji), who is currently a faculty member
  of the math department at Okayama University.


Jyoseki Touhon for the Descendants of Kazuichi Kumamoto
Obtained through the city of Nichinan


Nihonshi Zusetsu (Illustrated book of Japanese history 3rd edition)
ISBN4-487-79455-2 C1021

Nihon no Rekishi #1(History of Japan #1(Stone age to Heian era)
ISBN4-02-256562-4 C0021

Nihon no Rekishi #2 (History of Japan #2(Heian to Momoyama era)
ISBN4-02-256563-2 C0021

Ponta's comprehensive list of Japanese clans & surnames (Japanese only)
List of Emperors, clans of imperial descent, list of surnames, etc.

Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan Vol. I (A to N)
Published by: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1910/1964
Author:  E. Papinot
Library of Congress Catalog Card #64-23235

Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan Vol. II (O to Z)
Published by:  Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1910/1964
Author:   E. Papinot
Library of Congress Catalog Card # 64-25236


Nihon no Rekishi ga wakaru hon (Books to help you understand Japanese history)
Vol. 1  Stone Age to Northern/Southern Dynasties era (ISBN4-8379-1595-7)
Vol. 2 Muromachi era, Feudal era to Edo era  (ISBN4-8379-1596-5)
Vol. 3 End of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Meiji Restoration to Present (ISBN4-8379-1597-3)
Published by:  Mikasa Shobou 1995


Sakasa Nihonshi (Japanese history backwards)
Vol. 3 Heian to Nara to Stone Age
Published by:  Shoudensha, Tokyo 1987
Author:  Higuchi Kiyoyuki
ISBN4-396-50009-2


Nihon no Rekishi (History of Japan) 32nd printing
Vol.  1 (The beginning of the Japanese history)
Vol.  2 (Asuka and Nara)
Vol.  3 (The aristocrats of the Heian era)
Vol.  4 (Kamakura Bushi)
Vol.  5 (Northern and Southern Dynasties)
Vol.  6 (Feudal era)
Vol.  7 (Unification of Japan)
Vol.  8 (Class distinction/caste system)
Vol.  9 (The wavering Shogunate power)
Vol. 10 (Meiji Restoration)
Vol. 11 (Japan during the Meiji era)
Vol. 12 (Japan and the world)
Vol. 13 (Rebirth of Japan)
Published by:  Yomiuri Newspaper Co., 1965
Author:  A. Okada, T. Tomita, T. Wakamori, et.al.


**Excerpts from the Heike Monogatari
     translation by:  McCullough

     Kindly provided to me by Dr. Michael Watson, Associate Professor of International Studies and
     comparative literature at Meiji Gakuin University in Yokohama, Japan.  He is currently working on a
     thesis paper for Oxford University on the subject of the medieval Japanese narrative, Heike
     Monogatari (Tale of Heike).


**History of Toyohashi
     kindly provided to me by Mrs. Fujiko Hashimoto of Yoshida.  The city of Yoshida
     which is located in Toyohashi was once ruled by a branch of the Ogasawaras.








Others will be listed soon as I can read them.
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