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.

  • Hosokawa Takakuni (1484 – 1531), military commander in the Muromachi period
  • Hosokawa Ujitsuna (1514 – 1564) was a military commander at the end of the Muromachi period
  • Hosokawa Katsumoto (1430-1473), one of the Kanrei during Japan's Muromachi Period
  • Hosokawa Harumoto (1514 – 1563), head of Hosokawa clan at the end of the Muromachi period
  • Hosokawa Sumimoto (1489 – 1520), military commander in the Muromachi period
  • Hosokawa Gracia, (1563 - 1600) childhood name Tama, Japanese noblewoman and wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki
  • Hosokawa Tadaoki (1563-1645), lord of Tango province, son of Hosokawa Fujitaka
  • Hosokawa Fujitaka (1534-1610), member of the Ashikaga court
  • Hosokawa Akiuji, samurai general