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1933年1月27日 岐阜県恵那市明智町吉良見(旧吉田村)生まれ。1996年に小笠原忠統32世が亡くなり、小笠原礼法家元となる。小笠原惣領家礼法研究所（証書許状発行機関R登録済）所長。小笠原流礼法総本部総長。
〈小笠原流礼法〉 清和天皇を祖とする、源（新羅）三郎義光の後裔で、甲斐国（山梨県）小笠原を発祥の地とする小笠原家（武田信玄も同族）、本家は信州松本に長く在住し、後に明石等を経て九州小倉15万石の大名、明治以降は伯爵家となる。この小笠原家に800年来伝わる、いわゆる小笠原流礼法は昭和50年代まで一般に公開していなかっが、小笠原惣領家32世小笠原忠統（ただむね）元伯爵と現家元阿部速（小笠原源文斎）が相談、日本で初めて教えるための教室を世田谷で開く。以来多数の門下生を輩出、現在、小笠原源文斎家元を長として、全国組織で展開中。

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Born Hayashi Abe on 27 January 1933 in the part of Ena, Gifu once known as Yoshida Village, Ogasawara became head of the Ogasawara School of Etiquette when Tadamune Ogasawara, the 32nd head of the family, passed away in May 1996. Ogasawara is director of the Ogasawara Soryoke Reiho Kenkyujo (Ogasawara Etiquette Institute) and President of the Ogasawara-ryu Reiho Sohonbu (Headquarters of the Ogasawara School of Etiquette).
The Ogasawara School of Etiquette
The Ogasawara school of etiquette was founded by the house of Ogasawara, which began in the Ogasawara region of Kai province (now Yamanashi Prefecture) and is descended from Minamoto no Yoshimitsu and ultimately from Emperor Seiwa (warrior Takeda Shingen is part of the same family). The main lineage lived for many years in Matsumoto before moving to Akashi and then becoming Daimyo of Kogura in Kyushu and a Count following the Meiji reforms.
Ogasawara etiquette, with an 800-year tradition within the family, remained closed to the public until the late 1970s, when former Count Tadamune Ogasawara, the 32nd head of the family, decided with Abe (now Genbunsai Ogasawara) to open the first classroom in Setagaya. Since then the school has trained many students and is expanding nationally under Genbunsai's leadership.