Hosokawa Mitsunao

In this Japanese name, the surname is Hosokawa.

Hosokawa Mitsunao (細川 光尚, October 26, 1619 – January 28, 1650) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period. His childhood name was Rokumaru (六丸).

Family

• Father: Hosokawa Tadatoshi
• Mother: Chiyohime (1597–1649)
• Wife: Shojōin, daughter of Karasuma Mitsukata
• Concubines:
  • Seitai-in
  • Shimizu-dono
• Children:
  • Hosokawa Tsunatoshi (1643–1714) by Seitai-in
  • Hosokawa Toshishige (1647–1687) by Seitai-in

Biography

Mitsunao was born in 1619, and was the eldest son of Hosokawa Tadatoshi. In 1637, he joined his father in the effort to subdue the Shimabara Rebellion, and fought with distinction. Succeeding his father in 1641, he became daimyō of the Kumamoto Domain.

Mitsunao's suppression of the Abe family's revolt in 1642 is famous, due to its fictionalization by Mori Ōgai.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Hosokawa Mitsunao

16. Mitsubuchi Harukazu 8. Hosokawa Fujitaka 4. Hosokawa Tadaoki 18. Numata Mitsukane 9. Numata Jakō 2. Hosokawa Tadatoshi 20. Akechi Mitsutsuna 10. Akechi Mitsuhide 5. Akechi Tama 11. Tsumaki Hiroko 1. Hosokawa Mitsunao 24. Ogasawara Nagatoki 12. Ogasawara Sadayoshi 6. Ogasawara Hidemasa 3. Chiyohime 28. Tokugawa Ieyasu 14. Matsudaira Nobuyasu 29. Lady Tsukiyama 7. Tokuhime 30. Oda Nobunaga 15. Tokuhime 31. Ikoma Kitsuno

References

• List of Kumamoto lords on "Edo 300 HTML" (in Japanese) (8 October 2007)