Ogasawara Nagakiyo

Ogasawara Nagakiyo (小笠原 長清, March 5, 1162 – July 15, 1242) was a Japanese samurai warlord of the late Heian and early Kamakura period.

[3] Nagakiyo was born on March 5, 1162, in Ogasawara, Koma, Kai Province (within present-day Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture) at the mansion of Ogasawa Manor as the second son of Kagami Tōmitsu.

[1] Nagakiyo became the dai-shogun (great general) of Tōsandō during the Jōkyū War in 1221, and fought against the kugyō (court nobles), who were against the shogunate.

[1] Nagakiyo's sixth generation descendant, Ogasawara Sadamune, founded the way of mounted archery, which became the family art.

[citation needed] Nagakiyo was called the "Four Heavenly Kings of Archers and Horses" along with Takeda Nobumitsu, Yukiuji Unno, and Shigetaka Mochizuki, and tried to collect and systematize their skills and knowledge.

The emblem ( mon ) of the Ogasawara clan