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

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

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 Nambokucho Period. As a result the Hosokawa became influential under the [[Ashikaga clan|Ashikaga]] [[Shogun|shôguns]] as a powerful [[Shugo|shûgo]] 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 shûgo of much of Shikoku Island. In part as a result of a succession dispute surrounding shôgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Katsumoto and [[Yamana Mochitoyo]], another powerful shûgo, 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 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]] to the end of the [[Edo Period]].

[[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)

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

*[[Hosokawa Yoriyuki]] (1329-1392)

***[[Hosokawa Yoriyuki]] (1329-1392) - son of Yoriharu

*[[Hosokawa Katsumoto]] (1430-1473)

*[[Hosokawa Fujitaka]] (1534-1610)

*[[Hosokawa Tadaoki]] (1563-1646)

*[[Hosokawa Gracia]] (1563-1600)

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

*[[Hosokawa Tadatoshi]] (1586-1641)

*[[Hosokawa Mitsunao]] (1619-1650)

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

*[[Hosokawa Tsunatoshi]] (1643-1714)

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

*[[Hosokawa Nobunori]] (1676-1732)

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

*[[Hosokawa Munetaka]] (1716-1747)

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

*[[Hosokawa Shigekata]] (1718-1785)

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

*[[Hosokawa Harutoshi]] (1758-1787)

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

*[[Hosokawa Narishige]] (1755-1835)

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

*[[Hosokawa Naritatsu]] (1797-1826)

*******[[Hosokawa Munetaka]] (1716-1747) - son of Nobunori, 7th Edo pd family head

*******[[Hosokawa Shigekata]] (1718-1785) - son of Nobunori, 8th Edo pd family head

********[[Hosokawa Harutoshi]] (1758-1787) - son of Shigekata, 9th Edo pd family head

*********[[Hosokawa Narishige]] (1755-1835) - son of Harutoshi, 10th Edo pd family head

**********[[Hosokawa Naritatsu]] (1797-1826) - son of Narishige, 11th Edo pd family head

***************Hosokawa Morihiro - 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)]]

==References==

==References==

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