*''Other Names'': 霊感公 ''(Reikan kô, Lord Reikan)''
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*''Other Names'': 霊感公 ''(Reikan kô, Lord Reikan)'', 銀台公 ''(Gindai kô)''
*''Japanese'': [[細川]] 重賢 ''(Hosokawa Shigekata)''
*''Japanese'': [[細川]] 重賢 ''(Hosokawa Shigekata)''
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Hosokawa Shigekata was the 8th [[Edo period]] head of the [[Hosokawa clan]], and succeeded his father [[Hosokawa Nobunori]] as lord of [[Kumamoto han]].
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Hosokawa Shigekata was the 8th [[Edo period]] head of the [[Hosokawa clan]], and lord of [[Kumamoto han]].
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A son of [[Hosokawa Nobunori]], he succeeded his elder brother [[Hosokawa Munetaka]] as head of the family, and lord of the domain, after Munetaka died suddenly.
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He is known for his reforms of domain administration.
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A text titled ''Gindai iji'' (銀台遺事) collects records of his reign.