Hosokawa Tadaoki

Hosokawa Tadaoki 細川忠興
Hosokawa Tadaoki

Head of Kumamoto-Hosokawa clan
In office 1582–1620
Preceded by	Hosokawa Fujitaka
Succeeded by	Hosokawa Tadatoshi
Daimyō of Nakatsu
In office 1600–1602
Succeeded by	Ogasawara Nagatsugu
Daimyō of Kokura
In office 1602–1620
Succeeded by	Hosokawa Tadatoshi

Personal details
Born	November 28, 1563
Died	January 18, 1646(1646-01-18) (aged 82) Daitoku-ji, Kyoto
Nationality	Japanese
Spouse	Hosokawa Gracia
Parents	Hosokawa Fujitaka (father) Numata Jakō (mother)
Military service
Allegiance	Oda clan Toyotomi clan Eastern Army Tokugawa shogunate
Unit	Hosokawa clan
Battles/wars	Battle of Komaki and Nagakute Odawara Campaign Korean campaign Battle of Sekigahara Siege of Osaka

Hosokawa Tadaoki (細川忠興, November 28, 1563 – January 18, 1646) was a Japanese samurai warrior of the late Sengoku period and early Edo period.^[1] He was the son of Hosokawa Fujitaka with Numata Jakō, and he was the husband of a famous Christian convert (Kirishitan), Hosokawa Gracia. For most of his life, he went under the name of Nagaoka Tadaoki that had been adopted by his father and was related to a town that was in their domain.^[2] Shortly after the victory at Sekigahara, Nagaoka Tadaoki reverted to his original name Hosokawa Tadaoki.^[3]

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Biography

Tadaoki was the eldest son of Hosokawa Fujitaka.^[4] He fought in his first battle at the age of 15. In that battle, he was in the service of Oda Nobunaga. His childhood name was Kumachiyo (熊千代). Tadaoki was given the Province of Tango in 1580. Soon after that, he married Hosokawa Gracia, the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide.

In 1582, Akechi Mitsuhide rebelled against Nobunaga and Nobunaga was killed. Akechi turned to Hosokawa Fujitaka and Hosokawa Tadaoki for help. They refused to help him, later Mitsuhide was defeated by Hideyoshi.

Tadaoki was present on Hideyoshi's side in the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (1584) and the Odawara Campaign (1590), where he took part in the siege of Nirayama (Izu Province) and later joined the main army outside Odawara. During the 1590s he became friends with Tokugawa Ieyasu (who had lent him money to assist in some debts owed Toyotomi Hidetsugu) and in 1600 sided with him against Ishida Mitsunari.

He was succeeded by Hosokawa Tadatoshi (1586–1641), who was present at the Siege of Shimabara (1637–1638). In 1632 Tadatoshi received a huge fief in Higo (Kumamoto, 540,000 koku), where the Hosokawa family remained until 1871.

Battle of Sekigahara

In July 1600, Ishida Mitsunari had attempted to gain some leverage over those leaning towards Ieyasu by taking as hostages all those whose families were in Osaka Castle, this happened to include Tadaoki's wife, who was by now a Christian, baptized "Gracia". To avoid capture, Hosokawa Gracia ordered a servant to kill her and set fire to their quarters. While there is little reason to believe that Tadaoki was emotionally scarred by the incident, it was considered an appalling act of trickery, and served to drive Tadaoki into Ieyasu's side.

On October 20, 1600 at the Battle of Sekigahara, Tadaoki commanded 5,000 men in the Tokugawa vanguard and clashed with the forces of Shima Sakon. Afterwards, He was awarded a fief in Buzen (Kokura, 370,000 koku) and went on to serve at the Siege of Osaka (1614–1615).

Family

Father: Hosokawa Fujitaka
Mother: Numata Jako (1544-1618)
Wife: Hosokawa Gracia
Concubines:
- Daughter of Kori Muneyasu
- Daughter of Akechi Mitsutada
- Daughter of Kiyota Mamoru
- Daughter of Masashi Shimamoto
Children:
- Hosokawa Tadataka (1580-1646) by Hosokawa Gracia
- Hosokawa Okiaki (1583-1615) by Hosokawa Gracia
- Hosokawa Tadatoshi by Hosokawa Gracia
- Hosokawa Okitaka
- Hosokawa Tatsutaka by daughter of Kiyota Mamoru
- Matsui Yoriyuki
- Ocho married Maeno Kagesada by Hosokawa Gracia
- Otara married Inaba Kazumichi by Hosokawa Gracia
- Koho married Matsui Okinaga
- Oman married Karasuma Mitsukata

Retainers

Ujii Yashiro

References

^ 細川忠興 at Nihon jinmei daijiten; retrieved 2013-5-29.
^ Walker, Robin Noel. (2002). "Nagaoka+Tadaoki" in Shoko-Ken: A Late Medieval Daime Sukiya Style Japanese Tea-House, p. 32.
^ Walker, Robin Noel. (2002). "Nagaoka+Tadaoki" in Shoko-Ken: A Late Medieval Daime Sukiya Style Japanese Tea-House, p. 32.
^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hosokawa Tadaoki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 359.

External links

Sengoku Biographical Dictionary Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Hosokawa Tadaoki

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