Hosokawa Takakuni

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Hosokawa Takakuni

Hosokawa Takakuni ( Japanese 細 川 高 國 ; born 1484 ; died July 17, 1531 ) was a military commander in the Muromachi period of Japan . His father was Hosokawa Masaharu , from a line of the Hosokawa clan .

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Hosokawa Takakuni, a son of Hosokawa Masaharus, was adopted by Hosokawa Masamoto like Hosokawa Sumimoto (細 川 澄 元; 1489-1520) and Hosokawa Sumiyuki (澄 之; † 1597) . However, Takakuni hated his adoptive father so much that he - as Ōuchi Yoshioki (大 内 義興; 1477–1529) wanted to ensure that Ashikaga Yoshitane got his office back - joined this group, which Masamoto viewed as hostile. Sumimoto, who supported the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshizumi , was beaten and fled to Awa Province , while Yoshizumi withdrew to Ōmi Province in 1508 .

In 1511 Sumimoto sent his relative Masakata to take Kyōto. But this one was beaten and took his own life. When Ōuchi Yoshioki returned to his province of Suō in 1518 , Takakuni took over the office of Kanryō from him. When Takakuni was defeated by Sumimoto in 1519, he withdrew to Ōmi and asked Sasaki Sadayori (佐 々 木 定 頼; † 1525) for help. He returned with an army and got Sumimoto to flee to Awa.

Takakuni then built Amagasaki Castle in Settsu Province and became so powerful that Shogun Yoshitane decided to give the office of Kanryo to Hatakeyama Tanenaga (畠 山 稙 長; 1504-1545). Takakuni fought against the Shogun, whom he had always respected, made him flee to Awaji and replaced him in 1521 as Shogun by Yoshiharu , a son of Yoshizumi.

1527 attacked Miyoshi Motonaga (三好 元 長, 1501-1532) and Harumoto , Sumimoto's son, Kyōto. Takakuni went back to Ōmi and asked the Sasaki and Asakura for help and marched into Kyoto. However, when four years later Motonaga and Harumoto attacked him again, he was beaten by Amagasaki and Tennōji. He fled to Awa, but was killed while trying to escape.

Remarks

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

literature

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