in the province of Shinano. He was the eldest son of Ogasawara Nagakiyo and the rightful inheritor of the art of Ogasawara-ryu archery and mounted archery.
His wife was a daughter of Takeda Tomonobu. Some of his children were Ogasawara Nagafusa, Akazawa Kiyotsune, Tamura Nagazane, Ueno Morinaga, and Akazato Nagamura among others.