Hosokawa
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Hosokawa is a Japanese surname.
People with the name include:
The Hosokawa clan
were a powerful shugo daimyo in Japan.
People with the name include:
- Bill HosokawaBill HosokawaWilliam Kumpai Hosokawa was a Japanese American author and journalist who worked for 38 years at The Denver Post, before retiring as the editorial page editor from that particular paper in 1984. Hosokawa retired from the newspaper industry in 1992.Hosokawa was also a prolific author...
(1915 - 2007), Japanese American author and journalist - Chieko HosokawaChieko Hosokawais a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1958 with . Her series Crest of the Royal Family, which received the 1991 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo, has been continuously serialized in Princess since 1976....
(born 1929), a Japanese manga artist - Hajime HosokawaHajime Hosokawa' was director of the company hospital attached to the Chisso corporation's chemical factory in Minamata, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. He was the first doctor to discover and treat patients of the massive outbreak of mercury poisoning that occurred in the town which became known as Minamata...
(1901-1970), Japanese doctor who discovered Minamata diseaseMinamata disease', sometimes referred to as , is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, narrowing of the field of vision and damage to hearing and speech. In extreme cases, insanity, paralysis, coma, and death... - Morihiro HosokawaMorihiro Hosokawais a Japanese politician who was the 79th Prime Minister of Japan from August 9, 1993 to April 28, 1994. His coalition was the first non-Liberal Democratic Party government since 1955.- Early life :...
(born 1938), 79th Prime Minister of Japan - Naomi HosokawaNaomi HosokawaNaomi Hosokawa is a Japanese actress.-External links:* *...
(born 1974), Japanese actress - Shigeki HosokawaShigeki Hosokawais a former Japanese model and now a Japanese television and movie actor.He married Mamiko Mise on 2 February 2011.-Shigeki Hosokawa:Shigeki Hosokawa attended Ogaki Municipal North Elementary School and Ogaki Municipal North Junior High School. He then graduated from Ogaki Public High School in...
(born 1971), Japanese actor and former model - Toshio HosokawaToshio Hosokawais a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.-Biography:Hosokawa studied with Yun Isang at the Berlin University of the Arts. Since 1998, Hosokawa has served as Composer-in-Residence at the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. In 2004, Hosokawa became a guest professor at Tokyo College of Music...
(born 1955), Japanese composer of contemporary classical music
The Hosokawa clan
Hosokawa clan
The ' was a Japanese samurai clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa and a branch of the Minamoto clan, by the Ashikaga clan. It produced many prominent officials in the Ashikaga shogunate's administration. In the Edo period, the Hosokawa clan was one of the largest landholding daimyo families in Japan...
were a powerful shugo daimyo in Japan.
- Hosokawa AkiujiHosokawa Akiujiwas a samurai general in the service of the Ashikaga Northern Court, during Japan's Nanboku-chō period.In 1338, he was sent by Ashikaga Takauji to assist in the defence of the Kuromaru, a fortress belonging to Kanrei Shiba Takatsune. His men clashed with fifty horsemen under the command of Nitta...
, samurai general in the service of the Ashikaga Northern Court, during Nanboku-cho period - Hosokawa FujitakaHosokawa Fujitakawas a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period. Also known as '. Fujitaka was a prominent retainer of the last Ashikaga shoguns. When he joined the Oda, Oda Nobunaga rewarded him with the fief of Tango. His son, Hosokawa Tadaoki, went on to become one of the Oda clan's senior generals.After the...
(1534 - 1610), member of the Ashikaga court - Hosokawa GraciaHosokawa Gracia', usually referred to as ', was a Christian convert, a daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide and the wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki....
(1563 - 1600), childhood name Tama, Japanese noblewoman and wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki - Hosokawa HarumotoHosokawa Harumotowas a Japanese daimyo of the Muromachi and Sengoku periods, and the head of the Hosokawa clan. Harumoto's childhood name was Sōmei-maru . He was born to Hosokawa Sumimoto, another renowned samurai of the Muromachi era....
(1514 - 1563), head of Hosokawa clan at the end of the Muromachi period - Hosokawa KatsumotoHosokawa Katsumotowas one of the Kanrei, the Deputies to the Shogun, during Japan's Muromachi Period. He is famous for his involvement in the creation of Ryōan-ji, a temple famous for its rock garden, and for his involvement in the Ōnin War, which sparked the 130-year Sengoku period.His conflicts with his...
(1430 - 1473), one of the KanreiKanreior, more rarely, kanryō, was a high political post in feudal Japan; it is usually translated as Shogun's Deputy. After 1349, there were actually two Kanrei, the Kyoto Kanrei and the Kantō Kanrei....
during Japan's Muromachi Period - Hosokawa MasamotoHosokawa Masamotoa notable Deputy-Shogun of the Hosokawa clan of Japan, and son of Hosokawa Katsumoto. Masamoto was appointed to this very high rank during the year of 1486. However, for a brief period this title was lost by Hatakeyama Masanaga but was regained in time. When Ashikaga Yoshihisa died childless during...
(1466 - 1507) a Deputy-Shogun, sun of Katsumoto - Hosokawa MitsunaoHosokawa Mitsunaowas a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period.-Biography:Mitsunao was born in 1619, and was the eldest son of Hosokawa Tadatoshi. In 1637, he joined his father in the effort to subdue the Shimabara Rebellion, and fought with distinction...
(1619 - 1650), a daimyo of the early Edo period. - Hosokawa SumimotoHosokawa Sumimotowas a samurai commander in the Muromachi period during the 16th century of Japan.Sumimoto was one of the few sons of Hosokawa Yoshiharu and an adopted son of Hosokawa Masamoto, who was the Kanrei of the Ashikaga shogunate...
(1489 - 1520), military commander in the Muromachi period - Hosokawa Sumiyuki (1489 - 1507), a notable Daimyo of the Awa province
- Hosokawa TadaokiHosokawa Tadaokiwas the eldest son of Hosokawa Fujitaka. He fought in his first battle at the age of 15. In that battle, he was in the service of Oda Nobunaga. He was given the Province of Tango in 1580. Soon after that, he married Hosokawa Gracia, the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide. In 1582, Akechi Mitsuhide...
(1563 - 1645), lord of Tango province, son of Hosokawa Fujitaka - Hosokawa TadatoshiHosokawa Tadatoshiwas a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period, who ruled the Kumamoto Domain. He was a patron of the martial artist Miyamoto Musashi.Tadatoshi's grave is in Kumamoto. His Grandfather was Hosokawa Fujitaka-Gallery:...
(1586 - 1641), daimyo of the early Edo period - Hosokawa TakakuniHosokawa TakakuniHosokawa Takakuni was the most powerful military commander in the Muromachi period under Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the twelfth shogun. His father was Hosokawa Masaharu, who was the branch of the Hosokawa clan....
(1484 - 1531), military commander in the Muromachi period - Hosokawa UjitsunaHosokawa Ujitsunawas a Japanese military commander and Deputy Shogun of the Hosokawa clan in the end of the Muromachi period and Sengoku period of the 16th century. He was the foster son of Hosokawa Takakuni....
(1514 - 1564) was a military commander at the end of the Muromachi period