Ogasawara Heibei Tsuneharu

Ogasawara Heibei Tsuneharu (1666–1747) was a Japanese archer, responsible for resurrecting the Ogasawara school of archery during the Tokugawa period.

The Ogasawara school (ryu) was founded in the Kamakura period by Tsuneharu's ancestor Ogasawara Nagakiyo, and specialised in ceremonial archery. However, its teachings were largely lost by the sixteenth century, due to numerous schisms in the Ogasawara family.[1] In 1724, the shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune ordered Tsuneharu to revive the lost school.[2] In doing so, Ogasawara Tsuneharu became the founder of the modern Ogasawara school, which focuses on ceremonial and ritual archery, rather than military practices.[3]

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  1. ↑ Shōji Yamada; 山田奨治 (1 May 2009). Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen, and the West. University of Chicago Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-226-94764-8. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Allen Guttmann; Lee Austin Thompson (2001). Japanese Sports: A History. University of Hawaii Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-8248-2464-8. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Thomas A. Green; Joseph R. Svinth (30 June 2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation. ABC-CLIO. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-59884-244-9. Retrieved 27 June 2012.