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<div>* ''Born: [[1534]]''<br />
* ''Died: [[1610]]''<br />
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Fujitaka was the son of [[Mibuchi Harusada]], who had been adopted into the [[Hosokawa clan|Hosokawa]] family. Fujitaka was a member of the [[Ashikaga clan|Ashikaga]] court and during his service to Yoshiteru practiced linked verse with [[Satomura Joha]], the noted [[renga]] master. In [[1565]] Yoshiteru was assassinated and Hosokawa left the capital, joining [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]] in his search for a patron. After [[Oda Nobunaga]] established Yoshiaki in Kyoto ([[1568]]), Fujitaka continued to act as his advisor. In [[1573]] Yoshiaki was driven from Kyoto by Nobunaga, who kept Fujitaka in service, as the latter was a noted scholar and poet, as well as an administrator of some skill. In [[1580]] Fujitaka was given a large fief in [[Tango province|Tango]] (110,700 koku), where he would remain until his death. In [[1582]] [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] destroyed Oda Nobunaga and turned to Fujitaka for support. Although related to Mitsuhide through his son Tadaoki's marriage to Mitsuhide's daughter, Fujitaka refused. He later became a close confident to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and acted as something of a cultural assistant, advising Hideyoshi in the ways of etiquette and verse. <br />
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Fujitaka accompanied Hideyoshi in the [[Kyushu Campaign]] ([[1587]]) and the [[Odawara Campaign]] ([[1590]]). After Hideyoshi's death in [[1598]] he retired to his studies, but was approached in [[1600]] by [[Ishida Mitsunari|Ishida Mitsunari's]] followers who hoped his [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] loyalties might still be in effect. However, it so happened that as a result of one of Ishida's schemes, his son's wife was killed at Ôsaka. This and various other factors led Fujitaka to side with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. When the Ishida and Tokugawa went to war, Fujitaka was quickly surrounded in [[Tanabe castle|Tanabe Castle]], his main residence in Tango (August 1600). As the besiegers had 15,000 and Hosokawa all of 500, Fujitaka's chances seemed slim indeed. Yet it so happened that the commanders of the Western army outside Tanabe respected Fujitaka and were less then fanatical in their efforts to bring down the castle, to the extent that they amused themselves bombarding Tanabe with cannon loaded only with gunpowder. Nonetheless, Fujitaka feared for a collection of priceless works of poetry and history he had with him in the castle. He appealed to the Court to send [[Maeda Gen-I]] to come and receive these items lest they be damaged, a request readily granted along with an Imperial request that Fujitaka surrender. This Fujitaka refused to do, and in the end the Emperor sent an Imperial edict ordering Hosokawa to lay down his arms. Hosokawa had little choice but to comply and opened Tanabe's gates on 19 October, two days before the actual [[Battle of Sekigahara]] and too late for the besiegers to join Mitsunari's main army. After the Campaign ended, Fujitaka went back into quiet retirement. A man famous for his learning and verse-composition, Fujitaka composed numerous works of poetry, history, and literary review, including a number of well-regarded studies of the [[Tale of Ise]]. He was also something of an expert on the history of Kyôto and was consulted by Hideyoshi when the latter sought to make improvements to the city's layout. He was considered the foremost authority on waka. <br />
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[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]</div>Mangojuicehttp://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Hosokawa_Tadaoki&diff=6227Hosokawa Tadaoki2006-11-01T13:16:16Z<p>Mangojuice: copyright notice</p>
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<div>* ''Born: [[1564]]''<br />
* ''Died: [[1645]]''<br />
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[[Hosokawa Fujitaka|Hosokawa Fujitaka's]] eldest son, Tadaoki fought his first battle at the age of 15 in the service of [[Oda Nobunaga]]. Along with his father he was given the province of [[Tango province|Tango]] in [[1580]], soon afterwards married the daughter of [[Akechi Mitsuhide]], noted [[Oda clan|Oda]] general and a friend of Fujitaka. In [[1582]] [[Akechi clan|Akechi]] rebelled and after Nobunaga was killed, he turned to the [[Hosokawa clan|Hosokawa]] for help. Tadaoki replied by preparing to send his wife back to the Akechi and both he and Fujitaka refused to provide their erstwhile comrade with any assistance. After Hideyoshi defeated Mitsuhide, he convinced Tadaoki to take his wife back. <br />
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Tadaoki was present on Hideyoshi's side in the [[Komaki Campaign]] ([[1583]]) and the [[Odawara Campaign]] ([[1590]]), where he took part in the [[siege of Nirayama]] ([[Izu province]]) and later joined the main army outside Odawara. During the 1590's he became friends with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] (who had lent him money to assist in some debts owed [[Toyotomi Hidetsugu)]) and in [[1600]] sided with him against [[Ishida Mitsunari]]. In July Ishida had attempted to gain some leverage over those leaning towards Ieyasu by taking as hostages all those whose families were in [[Osaka castle|Ôsaka Castle]]. This happened to include Tadaoki's wife - who was by now a Christian, baptized 'Gracie'. To avoid capture, Gracie ordered a servant to kill her and set fire to their quarters. While there is little reason to believe that Hosokawa was emotionally scarred by the incident, it was considered an appalling act of trickery, and served to drive Tadaoki - among others - into Ieyasu's camp.<br />
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At the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] (21 October 1600) Tadaoki commanded 5,000 men in the Tokugawa vanguard and clashed with the forces of [[Shima Sakon]]. He was awarded a fief in [[Buzen province|Buzen]] (Kokura, 370,000 koku) and went on to serve at the Ôsaka Campaigns ([[1614]],[[1615]]). He was succeeded by [[Hosokawa Tadatoshi|Tadatoshi]] ([[1586]]-[[1641]]), an ardent enemy of Christianity and present at the [[Seige of Shimabara]] ([[1632]]). In 1632 he received a huge fief in [[Higo province|Higo]] (Kumamoto, 540,000 koku). <br />
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A noted warrior and something of a scholar (though far less so then his father), Tadaoki also seems to have been rather ill-tempered - clashing with his father on more then one occasion and, according to his wife, killing more then one servant girl. <br />
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[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]</div>Mangojuicehttp://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Hosokawa_Yoriyuki&diff=6226Hosokawa Yoriyuki2006-11-01T13:15:48Z<p>Mangojuice: fix copyright notice</p>
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<div>* ''Born: [[1561]]''<br />
* ''Died: [[1602]]''<br />
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Yoriyuki, the son of the noted warrior-scholar [[Hosokawa Yoriharu]], was a loyal and talented supporter of the [[Ashikaga clan|Ashikaga]]. He served as the first Kanrei (Deputy/Vice-shôgun) and acted as guardian and counsel to [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]]. At the same time he expanded and consolidated the [[Hosikawa clan|Hosokawa]] influence over [[Awa province|Awa]] and [[Sanuki province|Sanuki]] on the island of Shikoku, provinces that would be Hosokawa bastions until the 16th Century. <br />
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As Kanrei Yoriyuki sought to avoid creating another version of the [[Hojo clan|Hojo]] Shikken and instituted a policy whereby posting as Kanrei was alternated between the Hosokawa, [[Shiba clan|Shiba]], and [[Hatakeyama clan|Hatakeyama]] shugo families. This did not stop other lords from becoming jealous of Yoriyuki's closeness of the shôgun. After a 12-year tenure as Kanrei, Yoriyuki was forced to step down, costing the Ashikaga an almost indispensable asset.<br />
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A marked contrast to later Hosokawa Kanrei, Yoriyuki is little known but epitomized the soldier-statesman ideal so cherished during the early to mid-[[Muromachi period]]. <br />
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[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]</div>Mangojuicehttp://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Hosokawa_Yoriyuki&diff=6224Hosokawa Yoriyuki2006-11-01T13:09:13Z<p>Mangojuice: copyright notice: this article copied from Wikipedia.</p>
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<div>* ''Born: [[1561]]''<br />
* ''Died: [[1602]]''<br />
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Yoriyuki, the son of the noted warrior-scholar [[Hosokawa Yoriharu]], was a loyal and talented supporter of the [[Ashikaga clan|Ashikaga]]. He served as the first Kanrei (Deputy/Vice-shôgun) and acted as guardian and counsel to [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]]. At the same time he expanded and consolidated the [[Hosikawa clan|Hosokawa]] influence over [[Awa province|Awa]] and [[Sanuki province|Sanuki]] on the island of Shikoku, provinces that would be Hosokawa bastions until the 16th Century. <br />
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As Kanrei Yoriyuki sought to avoid creating another version of the [[Hojo clan|Hojo]] Shikken and instituted a policy whereby posting as Kanrei was alternated between the Hosokawa, [[Shiba clan|Shiba]], and [[Hatakeyama clan|Hatakeyama]] shugo families. This did not stop other lords from becoming jealous of Yoriyuki's closeness of the shôgun. After a 12-year tenure as Kanrei, Yoriyuki was forced to step down, costing the Ashikaga an almost indispensable asset.<br />
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A marked contrast to later Hosokawa Kanrei, Yoriyuki is little known but epitomized the soldier-statesman ideal so cherished during the early to mid-[[Muromachi period]]. <br />
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This content is courtesy of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosokawa_Yoriyuki <br />
Wikipedia], and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. <br />
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