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Hosokawa is a Japanese surname.

People with the name include:



The Hosokawa clan
Hosokawa clan

The was a Japanese 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....
 were a powerful shugo daimyo in Japan.






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Hosokawa is a Japanese surname.

People with the name include:

  • Bill Hosokawa
    Bill Hosokawa

    William 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....
     (1915 - 2007), Japanese American author and journalist
  • Chieko Hosokawa
    Chieko Hosokawa

    is a Japanese people mangaka born in 1929 in Osaka, Japan. She made her professional debut in 1958 with . Her series Crest of the Royal Family, which received the 1991 Shogakukan Manga Award for shojo, has been continuously serialized in Princess since 1976....
     (born 1929), a Japanese manga artist
  • Hajime Hosokawa
    Hajime Hosokawa

    was director of the company hospital attached to the Chisso'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 disease....
     (1901-1970), Japanese doctor who discovered Minamata disease
    Minamata disease

    , sometimes referred to as , is a neurology syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, narrowing of the field of view and damage to Hearing and Manner of articulation....
  • Morihiro Hosokawa
    Morihiro Hosokawa

    Morihiro Hosokawa is 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....
     (born 1938), 79th Prime Minister of Japan
  • Naomi Hosokawa
    Naomi Hosokawa

    Naomi Hosokawa is a Japanese actress.External links...
     (born 1974), Japanese actress
  • Shigeki Hosokawa
    Shigeki Hosokawa

    is a former Japanese model and now a Japanese television and movie actor....
     (born 1971), Japanese actor and former model


The Hosokawa clan
Hosokawa clan

The was a Japanese 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....
 were a powerful shugo daimyo in Japan.
  • Hosokawa Akiuji
    Hosokawa Akiuji

    was a samurai general in the service of the Ashikaga shogunate Northern Court , during Japan's Nanboku-cho period.In 1338, he was sent by Ashikaga Takauji to assist in the defence of the Sieges of Kuromaru, a fortress belonging to Kanrei Shiba Takatsune....
    , samurai general in the service of the Ashikaga Northern Court, during Nanboku-cho period
  • Hosokawa Fujitaka
    Hosokawa Fujitaka

    ' was 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 awarded him with Tango fief....
     (1534 - 1610), member of the Ashikaga court
  • Hosokawa Gracia
    Hosokawa Gracia

    ', usually referred to as ', was a Japanese people noblewoman, daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide. She was named Tama at birth; Garasha, the name she is known by in history, is taken from her baptismal name, Gracia....
     (1563 - 1600), childhood name Tama, Japanese noblewoman and wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki
  • Hosokawa Harumoto
    Hosokawa Harumoto

    was a Japanese daimyo of the Muromachi period and Sengoku period periods, and the head of the Hosokawa clan. Harumoto's childhood name was Somei-maru ....
     (1514 - 1563), head of Hosokawa clan at the end of the Muromachi period
  • Hosokawa Katsumoto
    Hosokawa Katsumoto

    was one of the Kanrei, the Deputies to the Ashikaga Shogunate, during Japan's Muromachi Period. He is famous for his involvement in the creation of Ryoan-ji, a temple famous for its rock garden, and for his involvement in the Onin War, which sparked the 130-year Sengoku period....
     (1430 - 1473), one of the Kanrei
    Kanrei

    or, more rarely, kanryo, was a high political post in feudal Japan; it is usually translated as shogun Deputy. After 1349, there were actually two Kanrei, the Kyoto Kanrei and the Kanto Kanrei....
     during Japan's Muromachi Period
  • Hosokawa Masamoto
    Hosokawa Masamoto

    a 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....
     (1466 - 1507) a Deputy-Shogun, sun of Katsumoto
  • Hosokawa Mitsunao
    Hosokawa Mitsunao

    was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period....
     (1619 - 1650), a daimyo of the early Edo period.
  • Hosokawa Sumimoto
    Hosokawa Sumimoto

    was 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 - 1520), a notable Daimyo of the Awa province
  • Hosokawa Tadaoki
    Hosokawa Tadaoki

    was 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....
     (1563 - 1645), lord of Tango province, son of Hosokawa Fujitaka
  • Hosokawa Tadatoshi
    Hosokawa Tadatoshi

    was 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....
     (1586 - 1641), daimyo of the early Edo period
  • Hosokawa Takakuni
    Hosokawa Takakuni

    Hosokawa 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 Ujitsuna
    Hosokawa Ujitsuna

    was 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