The school is so well-known as a school of traditional etiquette that it is said that 'etiquette is Ogasawara' and its history can be traced back to the Kamakura-period high-ranking family involved in teaching samurai etiquette.
「礼儀作法といえば小笠原」といわれるほどのマナー作法における正統流派だが、その歴史は鎌倉時代にまでさかのぼる武家作法の高家。