Who was this person?
A Sengoku warlord and adoptive son of kanrei Hosokawa Masamoto. After the Eishō Disturbance he became a center of one side in the Ryō-Hosokawa War against Hosokawa Takakuni over Keichō leadership, and died in Awa.
| Name | Hosokawa Sumimoto (細川澄元) |
|---|---|
| Born–died | 1489 – 1520 |
| Period | Muromachi period |
| Birthplace | Awa Province |
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He was born into the Awa shugo branch of the Hosokawa. Losing his father young, he was raised by his grandfather. As a candidate for adoption into the main Keichō house, he would later be drawn into Kyoto politics.
Taken in by kanrei Hosokawa Masamoto as heir. Receiving a character from shogun Ashikaga Yoshizumi, he took the name Sumimoto. Seen as Keichō successor, yet Masamoto had other adoptees and the house was unstable. Mentions of Ryō-Hosokawa War also mark this phase.
He gained practical experience, including Settsu shugo duties in Masamoto's place. He also joined the Tango campaign with limited results. Though young, he began to stand on the Kinai political stage.
Hosokawa Masamoto was killed by retainers, and the Keichō succession fight exploded. Sumimoto temporarily weakened and was driven from Kyoto. His adoptive father's death decisively changed his life.
He withdrew to his native Awa and sought recovery with kin such as Shigeyuki. Raising troops, he aimed to return to the Kinai. Rivalry with Hosokawa Takakuni would become the long Ryō-Hosokawa War.
Allying with forces backing former shogun Ashikaga Yoshizumi, he tried to retake Kyoto. Fighting swung back and forth, with maneuvering over the kanrei post. In a split shogunal house Sumimoto became a pillar of one side. Mentions of Eishō Disturbance also mark this phase.
From Awa he raised troops aiming to return to the Kinai. In the Ryō-Hosokawa War his side pressed toward Kyoto using sea routes and Awaji. Strife since the Eishō Disturbance also swayed guardians nationwide.
Recovering strength, he stood at the center of bakufu politics as kanrei. Yet rivalry with Hosokawa Takakuni continued and government stayed unstable. Even in a short kanrei term, Kinai war did not cease.
Counterattacks by Hosokawa Takakuni's side forced him from Kyoto again. He fought on from Awa and Awaji. The Ryō-Hosokawa War was not settled in Sumimoto's lifetime.
He died of illness in Awa amid war at thirty-one. His son Harumoto succeeded, and the fight with Takakuni passed to the next generation. Young, he had known both the peak and fall of the kanrei house.
A. A Sengoku warlord and adoptive son of kanrei Hosokawa Masamoto. After the Eishō Disturbance he became a center of one side in the Ryō-Hosokawa War against Hosokawa Takakuni over Keichō leadership, and died in Awa.
A. Period: Muromachi period. Born in 1489, died in 1520.
A. Hosokawa Sumimoto was born in Awa Province.
A. A series of wars between Hosokawa Sumimoto and Hosokawa Takakuni over Keichō leadership. It continued into his son Harumoto's generation after Sumimoto's death.
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