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* ''Birth: [[1466]]''
* ''Death: [[1507]]''
* ''Title: Kanrei''
* ''Distinction: Deputy Shôgun''
Masamoto was a son of [[Hosokawa Katsumoto]] and was appointed kanrei in [[1486]]. He lost the post for a brief period to [[Hatakeyama Masanaga]] but recovered his position. When the shôgun [[Ashikaga Yoshihisa]] died childless in [[1489]], Masamoto supported the nomination of [[Ashikaga Yoshizumi]] as successor. In the event, [[Ashikaga Yoshitane]] was chosen. Masamoto was concerned that, given Yoshitane's closeness with Hatakeyama Masanaga and his own objections to Yoshitane's rise, the post of kanrei would be returned to Masanaga. In [[1493]] Yoshitane had led troops to support Hatakeyama Masanaga in his struggles with a rival branch of the [[Hatakeyama clan]]. Masamoto committed forces to the rival Hatakeyama and Masanaga and Yoshitane were defeated. Masanaga took his own life and Yoshitane was returned to [[Kyoto]] as a prisoner. Masamoto sent Yoshitane into exile and replaced him with Ashikaga Yoshizumi, whom Masamoto went on to use as a puppet. That same year, he launched a campaign against his opponents within [[Yamashiro province]]. Being childless, Masamoto (who is thought to have been a homosexual) adopted a number of sons ([[Hosokawa Sumiyuki]] and [[Hosokawa Sumimoto]]). The Hosokawa retainers began to align with one of the young men against the other. In [[1504]] Masamoto destroyed the rebellious [[Yakushiji Motoichi]] (a supporter of Sumimoto) and in [[1506]] was threatened by an army led by [[Miyoshi Yukinaga]] (another of Sumimoto's supporters). In 1507, [[Kosai Motonaga|Kôsai Motonaga]], a friend to Sumiyuki, betrayed Masamoto and along with Sumiyuki attacked Masamoto's home. Masamoto was murdered while taking a bath.
==References==
{{biodict}}
[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Death: [[1507]]''
* ''Title: Kanrei''
* ''Distinction: Deputy Shôgun''
Masamoto was a son of [[Hosokawa Katsumoto]] and was appointed kanrei in [[1486]]. He lost the post for a brief period to [[Hatakeyama Masanaga]] but recovered his position. When the shôgun [[Ashikaga Yoshihisa]] died childless in [[1489]], Masamoto supported the nomination of [[Ashikaga Yoshizumi]] as successor. In the event, [[Ashikaga Yoshitane]] was chosen. Masamoto was concerned that, given Yoshitane's closeness with Hatakeyama Masanaga and his own objections to Yoshitane's rise, the post of kanrei would be returned to Masanaga. In [[1493]] Yoshitane had led troops to support Hatakeyama Masanaga in his struggles with a rival branch of the [[Hatakeyama clan]]. Masamoto committed forces to the rival Hatakeyama and Masanaga and Yoshitane were defeated. Masanaga took his own life and Yoshitane was returned to [[Kyoto]] as a prisoner. Masamoto sent Yoshitane into exile and replaced him with Ashikaga Yoshizumi, whom Masamoto went on to use as a puppet. That same year, he launched a campaign against his opponents within [[Yamashiro province]]. Being childless, Masamoto (who is thought to have been a homosexual) adopted a number of sons ([[Hosokawa Sumiyuki]] and [[Hosokawa Sumimoto]]). The Hosokawa retainers began to align with one of the young men against the other. In [[1504]] Masamoto destroyed the rebellious [[Yakushiji Motoichi]] (a supporter of Sumimoto) and in [[1506]] was threatened by an army led by [[Miyoshi Yukinaga]] (another of Sumimoto's supporters). In 1507, [[Kosai Motonaga|Kôsai Motonaga]], a friend to Sumiyuki, betrayed Masamoto and along with Sumiyuki attacked Masamoto's home. Masamoto was murdered while taking a bath.
==References==
{{biodict}}
[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]