Ogasawara Tadazane
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Ogasawara Tadazane (小笠原忠真; March 26, 1596 - December 3, 1667) Japanese samurai of the early Edo Period who was a scion of the famous Ogasawara clan. Initially enfeoffed in Akashi han (Harima Province, 100,000 koku), he was transferred to the Kokura domain (Buzen Province, 150,000 koku), following the deaths of his father and elder brother in the Osaka Summer Campaign. Famed as the lord who employed Miyamoto Musashi's adopted son Iori, Tadazane took part in the Shogunate's campaign to quell the Shimabara Rebellion, where the Kokura forces assisted in the slaughter of the rebelling force, predominantly Christians.
Tadazane's son Tadanaga succeeded him. Other children included Nagayasu (b.1618-d.1667), Naganobu (b.1631-d.?), and Tadamasa.
