Hosokawa Harumoto

Hosokawa Harumoto ( Japanese 細 川 晴 元 ; born 1514 ; died March 25, 1563 ) was a Japanese general in the Muromachi period .

Live and act

Hosokawa Harumoto was still young when his father Hosokawa Sumimoto (細 川 澄 元; 1496–1520) died. In 1527 Miyoshi Nagamoto (三好 長 元; † 1532) attacked Hosokawa Takakuni and made himself ruler of Kyōto, while Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Kanryō Takakuni had to retreat to Ōmi province . Harumoto also had to flee Kyōto, but returned in 1531 and was able to defeat and kill his opponent. The following year, Harumoto reconciled with Yoshiharu and became Kanryo. There were again arguments with Nagamoto, whom he was able to beat at Sakai ( Izumi province ). He also suppressed rebellions by monks of the Ikkō belief system of Buddhism.

In 1546 Yuza Junsei (遊 佐 順 盛), who had allied himself with Ujitsuna (細 川 氏 綱; 1514–1564), a son of Takakuni, set up an army. Harumoto sent Miyoshi Chōkei (長慶, 1523-1564) against him, but he was beaten. Shogun Yoshiharu mediated between the two sides, proposed a peace treaty to Ujitsuna and promised him the Kanryo title for it. Harumoto angrily marched back into Kyoto. The Shogun and his son Yoshiteru fled to Sakamoto in Ōmi Province. The following year a peace agreement was reached, Harumoto was again Kanryo, while Ujitsuna returned to the home province of Awa .

Soon afterwards, Chōkei, who had been annoyed with Harumoto, joined Ujitsuna in 1548, took over the castles Nakajima (中 嶋 城), Miyake (三 宅 城) and Eguchi (江口 城) and defeated Harumoto at Ōtsu in 1550 . Harumoto reconciled with the Shōgun Yoshiteru, both were attacked by Chōkei and had to retreat to Kuchiki Castle (朽木 城) in Ōmi Province. The Shogun negotiated a peace treaty and returned to Kyoto in 1553. Eventually Chōkei and Matsunaga Hisahide took possession of Kyoto again in 1558. Yoshiteru and Harumoto fled to Sakamoto in Omi Province and started negotiations. A peace treaty was reached and the Shogun was able to return to Kyoto, but Harumoto was held at Akutagawa Castle (芥 川 城) in Settsu Province , where he died five years later. After 180 years, he was the last Hosokawa to hold the title Kanryō.

Remarks

1. ↑ Kanryō (管 領) was a high title, about Governor General, which was reserved for Kyōto for the three families Shiba, Hosokawa and Hatakeyama, which were therefore called "San-Kan" (三 管).

literature

• Papinot, Edmond: Hosokawa Harumoto . In: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .