Hosokawa Masamoto
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Hosakawa Masamoto (細川 政元, 1466 – August 1, 1507) was a deputy-
Masamoto exiled Yoshitane and made Ashikaga Yoshizumi the successor. However, Yoshizumi would be played as one of Masamoto's puppets. The same year Masamoto led a campaign against his opponents of Yamashiro Province. Masamoto who was childless (many who thought was a homosexual) then adopted Sumiyuki and Sumimoto as his sons. The retainers of Hosokawa then disputed for very long to who the successor of the Hosokawa would be. In 1504, Masamoto eliminated Yakushiji Motoichi who was a follower of Sumimoto (whom he did not want as successor). In 1506, Masamoto was threatened by an army led by Miyoshi Yukinaga, another supporter of Sumimoto. Due to Masamoto then choosing someone else as the successor, Kosai Motonaga, along with Sumiyuki, broke into the house of Masamoto during the year 1507 and killed him while he was taking a bath.[1]
Family
- Father: Hosokawa Katsumoto
- Mother: daughter of Yamana Sōzen
- Sister: Tōshōin
- Adopted Sons:
- Hosokawa Sumiyuki (1489–1507)
- Hosokawa Sumimoto
- Hosokawa Takakuni
References
- ISBN 9780520208773.