{{Use dmy dates, date=November 2019 {{Nihongo, Ogasawara Sadamune, 小笠原貞宗, , 1294–1350 was a Japanese nobleman and a major figure in the formation of the

Ogasawara-ryū The is a traditional Japanese system of martial arts and etiquette, formalised and handed down by the Ogasawara clan. History The school was originally developed by Ogasawara Nagakiyo during the Kamakura period (1185–1333). It specialised in ...

. A close ally of

Ashikaga Takauji was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate."Ashikaga Takauji" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 625. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromac ...

, Ogasawara was placed in charge of court etiquette.{{cite book, author=Dave Lowry, title=In the Dojo: The Rituals and Etiquette of the Japanese Martial Arts, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-iWE8T2t4E0C&pg=PA118, accessdate=27 June 2012, date=26 September 2006, publisher=Shambhala Publications, isbn=978-0-8348-0572-9, pages=118 His approach to etiquette was influenced by Seisetsu Shōhō (Ch'ing-cho Cheng-ch'eng), with whom Ogasawara studied

Zen Buddhism Zen ( zh, t=禪, p=Chán; ja, text= 禅, translit=zen; ko, text=선, translit=Seon; vi, text=Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty, known as the Chan School (''Chánzong'' 禪宗), and ...

and Chinese literature.{{cite book, author=Kōzō Yamamura, title=The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylhnHGxT5PUC&pg=PA602, accessdate=27 June 2012, date=27 April 1990, publisher=Cambridge University Press, isbn=978-0-521-22354-6, pages=602 Having inherited the headmastership of his family's school of kyujutsu and

yabusame is a type of mounted archery in traditional Japanese archery. An archer on a running horse shoots three special "turnip-headed" arrows successively at three wooden targets. This style of archery has its origins at the beginning of the Kama ...

, he was archery instructor to both Takauji and

Emperor Go-Daigo Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 ''Go-Daigo-tennō'') (26 November 1288 – 19 September 1339) was the 96th emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'')後醍醐天皇 (96) retrieved 2013-8-28. according to the traditional order ...

. He stressed the importance of

inuoumono was a Japanese sport that involved mounted archers shooting at dogs. The dogs were released into a circular enclosure approximately 15m across, and mounted archers would fire upon them whilst riding around the perimeter. Originally intended as a ...

(dog-shooting) in archery practice, even writing a treatise (the ''Inuoumono mokuanbumi'') on the subject.{{cite book, author=Jeffrey P. Mass, title=The Origins of Japan's Medieval World: Courtiers, Clerics, Warriors, and Peasants in the Fourteenth Century, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-0-dGA8JtXcC&pg=PA232, accessdate=27 June 2012, date=1 September 2002, publisher=Stanford University Press, isbn=978-0-8047-4379-2, pages=232{{cite book, author1=Allen Guttmann, author2=Lee Austin Thompson, title=Japanese Sports: A History, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lbOau1trIMMC&pg=PA52, accessdate=27 June 2012, year=2001, publisher=University of Hawaii Press, isbn=978-0-8248-2464-8, pages=52 He also authored the ''Shinden kyūhō shūshinron'', now regarded as a classic text on kyujutsu.{{cite book, author=G. Cameron Hurst, title=Armed Martial Arts of Japan, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qtjiNeRJXmsC&pg=PA120, accessdate=27 June 2012, publisher=Yale University Press, isbn=978-0-300-11674-8, pages=120 Despite having instructed Emperor Go-Daigo, Ogasawara sided with the

Northern Court The , also known as the Ashikaga Pretenders or Northern Pretenders, were a set of six pretenders to the throne of Japan during the Nanboku-chō period from 1336 through 1392. The present Imperial House of Japan is descended from the Northern Cour ...

during the

Nanboku-chō period The Nanboku-chō period (南北朝時代, ''Nanboku-chō jidai'', "North and South court period", also known as the Northern and Southern Courts period), spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Mur ...

, and was given control the province of Shinano. He was responsible for repelling Prince Muenaga from Kai.{{cite book, author=Michael F. Marra, title=Representations of Power: The Literary Politics of Medieval Japan, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DIFCDhgpWogC&pg=PA46, accessdate=27 June 2012, year=1993, publisher=University of Hawaii Press, isbn=978-0-8248-1556-1, pages=46

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