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[[Image:Hosokawa_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Hosokawa kamon.]]

[[Image:Hosokawa_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Hosokawa kamon.]]

*''Japanese'': [[細川]]氏 ''(Hosokawa-shi)''

*''Japanese'': [[細川]]家 ''(Hosokawa-ke)''

The Hosokawa were descended from [[Ashikaga Yoshiyasu]] ([[1126]]-[[1157]]), whose great-grandson [[Ashikaga Yoshisue]] took the name Hosokawa. Yoshisue's own great-grandson [[Hosokawa Yoriharu|Yoriharu]] ([[1299]]-[[1352]]) was a staunch supporter of [[Ashikaga Takauji]] during the early [[Nanbokucho Period|Nanbokuchô period]]. As a result the Hosokawa became influential under the [[Ashikaga clan|Ashikaga]] [[Shogun|shôguns]] as a powerful ''[[shugo]]'' family. [[Hosokawa Yoriyuki]] ([[1329]]-[[1392]]) served as the first ''[[kanrei]]'' (Deputy/Vice-shôgun) and acted as guardian and counsel to [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]]. [[Hosokawa Katsumoto]] ([[1430]]-[[1473]]) was one of the most powerful figures in [[Kyoto]] politics in his day and ''shugo'' of much of [[Shikoku]] Island. In part as a result of a succession dispute surrounding Shôgun [[Ashikaga Yoshimasa]], Katsumoto and [[Yamana Mochitoyo]], another powerful ''shugo'', became involved in a conflict that consumed Kyoto and would become known as the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] ([[1467]]-[[1477|77]]). In the aftermath of this struggle, which is often marked as the opening of the [[Sengoku Period]], the Hosokawa managed to retain their hold on Kyoto into the 16th century. Internal struggles and the rise of the [[Miyoshi clan|Miyoshi]], formerly Hosokawa retainers, led to the eclipse of the Hosokawa by [[1550]]. One branch of the family survived to much success under [[Hosokawa Fujitaka]] and his son [[Hosokawa Tadaoki|Tadaoki]]. Thanks to their efforts, the Hosokawa family would endure as ''daimyô'' of [[Kumamoto han]] to the end of the [[Edo Period]].

The Hosokawa were descended from [[Ashikaga Yoshiyasu]] ([[1126]]-[[1157]]), whose great-grandson [[Ashikaga Yoshisue]] took the name Hosokawa. Yoshisue's own great-grandson [[Hosokawa Yoriharu|Yoriharu]] ([[1299]]-[[1352]]) was a staunch supporter of [[Ashikaga Takauji]] during the early [[Nanbokucho Period|Nanbokuchô period]]. As a result the Hosokawa became influential under the [[Ashikaga clan|Ashikaga]] [[Shogun|shôguns]] as a powerful ''[[shugo]]'' family. [[Hosokawa Yoriyuki]] ([[1329]]-[[1392]]) served as the first ''[[kanrei]]'' (Deputy/Vice-shôgun) and acted as guardian and counsel to [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]]. [[Hosokawa Katsumoto]] ([[1430]]-[[1473]]) was one of the most powerful figures in [[Kyoto]] politics in his day and ''shugo'' of much of [[Shikoku]] Island. In part as a result of a succession dispute surrounding Shôgun [[Ashikaga Yoshimasa]], Katsumoto and [[Yamana Mochitoyo]], another powerful ''shugo'', became involved in a conflict that consumed Kyoto and would become known as the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] ([[1467]]-[[1477|77]]). In the aftermath of this struggle, which is often marked as the opening of the [[Sengoku Period]], the Hosokawa managed to retain their hold on Kyoto into the 16th century. Internal struggles and the rise of the [[Miyoshi clan|Miyoshi]], formerly Hosokawa retainers, led to the eclipse of the Hosokawa by [[1550]]. One branch of the family survived to much success under [[Hosokawa Fujitaka]] and his son [[Hosokawa Tadaoki|Tadaoki]]. Thanks to their efforts, the Hosokawa family would endure as ''daimyô'' of [[Kumamoto han]] (540,000 ''[[koku]]'')<ref>Gallery labels, Futagawa-juku honjin shiryôkan.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/45389864635/sizes/3k/]</ref> to the end of the [[Edo Period]].

 

In the [[Meiji period]], the head of the Hosokawa family was named a Marquis (''kôshaku'') in the new ''[[kazoku]]'' aristocracy, and held a seat in the [[House of Peers]]. The family's private collections, including a wealth of historical documents, artworks, arms & armor, and other artifacts, are today managed as the [[Eisei Bunko]].

==Selected Genealogy of the Hosokawa==

==Selected Genealogy of the Hosokawa==

[[Image:HosokawaGraves.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The graves of the heads of the Hosokawa clan from Fujitaka (1534-1610) to Narimori (1804-1860), at [[Koto-in|Kôtô-in]], a [[tatchu|sub-temple]] of [[Daitokuji]], in Kyoto.]]

[[Image:HosokawaGraves.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The graves of the heads of the Hosokawa clan from Fujitaka (1534-1610) to Narimori (1804-1860), at [[Koto-in|Kôtô-in]], a [[tatchu|sub-temple]] of [[Daitokuji]], in Kyoto.]]

*[[Ashikaga Yoshisue]]

*[[Ashikaga Yoshisue]]

**[[Ashikaga Yoriharu]] (1299-1352) - great-grandson of Yoshisue

**[[Ashikaga Yoriharu]] (1299-1352) - great-grandson of Yoshisue

******[[Hosokawa Katsumoto]] (1430-1473) - son of Mochiyuki

******[[Hosokawa Katsumoto]] (1430-1473) - son of Mochiyuki

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*[[Hosokawa Fujitaka]] (Yûsai, 1534-1610) - first Edo period family head

 

*[[Hosokawa Fujitaka]] (Yûsai, 1534-1610) - first Edo period family head; son of Mototsune

**[[Hosokawa Tadaoki]] (Sansai, 1563-1646) - son of Fujitaka; second Edo period family head

**[[Hosokawa Tadaoki]] (Sansai, 1563-1646) - son of Fujitaka; second Edo period family head

**[[Hosokawa Gracia]] (1563-1600) - wife of Tadaoki

**[[Hosokawa Gracia]] (1563-1600) - wife of Tadaoki

***[[Hosokawa Tadatoshi]] (1586-1641) - son of Tadaoki & Gracia; first Hosokawa lord of Kumamoto, third Edo period family head

***[[Hosokawa Tadatoshi]] (1586-1641) - son of Tadaoki & Gracia; first Hosokawa lord of Kumamoto, third Edo period family head

****[[Hosokawa Mitsunao]] (1619-1650) - son of Tadatoshi; second lord of Kumamoto, 4th Edo pd family head

****[[Hosokawa Mitsunao]] (1619-1650) - son of Tadatoshi; second lord of Kumamoto, 4th Edo pd family head

*****[[Hosokawa Tsunatoshi]] (1643-1714) - son of Mitsunao; third lord of Kumamoto, 5th Edo pd family head

*****[[Hosokawa Tsunatoshi]] (1643-1714) - son of Mitsunao; third lord of Kumamoto, 5th Edo pd family head

******[[Hosokawa Nobunori]] (1676-1732) - son of Tsunatoshi, 6th Edo pd family head

******[[Hosokawa Nobunori]] (1676-1732) - son of Tsunatoshi, 6th Edo pd family head

************[[Hosokawa Yoshikuni]] (Yoshiyuki, 1835-1876) - son of Narimori, 13th Edo pd family head

************[[Hosokawa Yoshikuni]] (Yoshiyuki, 1835-1876) - son of Narimori, 13th Edo pd family head

************[[Hosokawa Morihisa]] (1839-1893) - son of Narimori, 14th Edo pd family head, last lord of Kumamoto, [[Marquis]]

************[[Hosokawa Morihisa]] (1839-1893) - son of Narimori, 14th Edo pd family head, last lord of Kumamoto, [[Marquis]]

*************[[Hosokawa Morishige]] - son of Morihisa, 15th family head, Marquis

*************[[Hosokawa Morishige]] (1868-1914) - son of Morihisa, 15th family head, Marquis

*************[[Hosokawa Moritatsu]] - son of Morihisa, 16th family head, Marquis

*************[[Hosokawa Moritatsu]] (1883-1970) - son of Morihisa, 16th family head, Marquis

**************Hosokawa Morisada - son of Moritatsu, 17th family head, Marquis

**************Hosokawa Morisada (1912-2005) - son of Moritatsu, 17th family head, Marquis

***************Hosokawa Morihiro - son of Morisada, Prime Minister of Japan (1993-1994)

***************Hosokawa Morihiro (b. 1938) - son of Morisada, Prime Minister of Japan (1993-1994)

*[[Hosokawa Okinori (1723-1785)]]

*[[Hosokawa Okinori (1723-1785)]]

*[[Hosokawa Okinori (1759-1837)]]

*[[Hosokawa Okinori (1759-1837)]]

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*[http://www.eiseibunko.com/hosokawa_family.html Hosokawa-ke ryakkei-zu], Eisei Bunko.

*[http://www.eiseibunko.com/hosokawa_family.html Hosokawa-ke ryakkei-zu], Eisei Bunko.

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