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19-607: 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 . His roots was the Hosokawa clan at Awa Province . His childhood name was Rokuro (六郎). Masamoto did not have his own child and originally had decided to let Hosokawa Sumiyuki , who was from Kujyō clan , succeed the house. However, he changed his mind later and decided to let Sumimoto, who

38-626: A branch of the Taira clan and descended from Taira no Takamochi , they fell victim to political intrigue in 1205, when Hatakeyama Shigeyasu , first, and his father Shigetada later were killed in battle by Hōjō forces in Kamakura. After 1205 the Hatakeyama came to be descendants of the Ashikaga clan , who were in turn descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and the Seiwa Genji branch of

57-466: A campaign against his opponents of Yamashiro Province . Masamoto who was childless (many who thought was a homosexual) then adopted Sumiyuki and Sumimoto as his sons. The retainers of Hosokawa then disputed for very long to whom the successor of the Hosokawa would be. In 1504, Masamoto eliminated Yakushiji Motoichi who was a follower of Sumimoto (whom he did not want as successor). In 1506, Masamoto

76-543: A month afterwards. Supported by the troops of his allies Miyoshi Yukinaga (Nagateru) and the son of Yakushiji Motoichi , raised troops in Settsu and destroyed Sumiyuki in the young Sumimoto's name; Sumiyuki committed suicide and Kozai Motonaga was killed. The next day, the shogun appointed Sumimoto as the successor of the Hosokawa. He and Hosokawa Takakuni , who was from another branch of Hosokawa clan and also another foster son of Masamoto, supported Ashikaga Yoshizumi , who

95-549: A rival branch of the Hatakeyama clan , Yoshitane led troops to the assistance of Masanaga. Masamoto then assisted his force to the Hatakeyama, ultimately defeating those of Masanaga and Yoshitane. Masanaga killed himself during the battle, and Yoshitane became a prisoner at Kyoto . His childhood name was Sumiakamaru (聡明丸). Masamoto exiled Yoshitane and made Ashikaga Yoshizumi the successor. However, Yoshizumi would be played as one of Masamoto's puppets. The same year, Masamoto led

114-524: The Minamoto clan . The first family being extinct in 1205, Ashikaga Yoshizumi, son of Ashikaga Yoshikane , was chosen by Hōjō Tokimasa to revive the name of Hatakeyama. He married Tokimasa's daughter, the widow of Hatakeyama Shigeyasu (the last Hatakeyama of the first branch), and inherited the domains of the Hatakeyama (1205). Thus the new family descended from the Minamoto (Seiwa Genji). The clan

133-612: The course of the Sengoku period, becoming vassals of the Ashina clan . The Mutsu-Hatakeyama frequently clashed with the Date clan until they were largely destroyed by Date Masamune in 1586 following the Battle of Hitotoribashi . The Noto-Hatakeyama were based at Nanao Castle and fell from power as an independent house in the 1570s due to internal strife. Asano Nagamasa (1546–1611)

152-726: The defense of the North) Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039-1106), and a descendant of the Emperor Seiwa (850-881), the 56th Emperor of Japan.. Nagamasa was adopted by his maternal uncle, Asano Nagakatsu, Lord of Asano castle, younger brother of his mother, and succeeded him as the fourteenth head of the Asano clan . Until Nagakatsu, the Asano descended directly from the Toki clan and Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948-1021), and after Nagamasa,

171-502: The title of kanrei (Shōgun's Deputy), holding great influence over the Imperial Court at Kyoto . Around 1450, there was a split in the clan, and the internal conflict weakened the clan as a whole, causing it to lose the position of kanrei to the Hosokawa clan . This split began with a feud between Hatakeyama Masanaga and Hatakeyama Yoshinari over succession to the position; it quickly grew, as each side gained allies, and

190-459: Was adopted after Sumiyuki, succeed the house. This naturally caused a rift between Sumimoto and Sumiyuki. In 1507, Masamoto was killed by an adherent of Sumiyuki. Sumimoto was attacked by a retainer of Sumiyuki, Kozai Motonaga , and escaped to Koga, Ōmi Province , taking refuge at Rokkaku Takayori . Sumiyuki was recognized by the shogun, who had been installed by Masamoto, as the head of the Hosokawa. However his rule, and life, lasted for less than

209-464: Was an ally of the Ashikaga shogunate against the (Imperial) Southern Court during the wars of the Nanboku-chō period , and was rewarded by the shogunate with the hereditary position of shugo (Governor) of the provinces of Yamashiro , Kii , Kawachi , Etchū , and Noto , at the end of the 14th century. During the 15th century, the members of the Hatakeyama clan held, although not exclusively,

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228-444: Was another shock to the camp of Sumimoto. Ōuchi Yoshioki left the capital in 1518 to maintain his own dominion, and regarding this as a chance, Sumimoto attempted another movement on Kyoto in the next year, cooperating with Miyoshi Yukinaga. However, Yukinaga was attacked and defeated by Hosokawa Takakuni and the clan of Rokkaku , who were then at the side of Ashikaga Yoshiki. Yukinaga was caught and forced to die by seppuku . Sumimoto

247-420: Was backed up to the 11th shōgun by Masamoto. In 1493, Masamoto had deposed the 10th Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiki (Yoshitane), who later escaped from confinement and fled to eastern countries, looking for a chance to regain his position. In 1508, Ōuchi Yoshioki , who then harbored Yoshiki, marched his armies into Kyoto and returned Yoshiki back to the seat of Shōgun. The relationship between Sumimoto and Takakuni

266-410: Was ill and had not advanced to Kyoto. After Yukinaga's defeat, he escaped again to his home province of Awa and died soon afterward. Hosokawa Masamoto Hosakawa Masamoto ( 細川 政元 , 1466 – August 1, 1507) was a deputy- shōgun , daimyo and shugo of the Hosokawa clan of Japan, and son of Hosokawa Katsumoto . Masamoto was appointed to this rank during 1486. For a brief period this title

285-451: Was lost by Hatakeyama Masanaga but was regained in time. When Ashikaga Yoshihisa died childless during the year of 1489, Masamoto supported the nomination of Ashikaga Yoshizumi as successor in opposition to Ashikaga Yoshitane . Masamoto thought that the post of deputy-shogun would return to Hosokawa Masanaga due to Yoshitane's closeness with Hatakeyama Masanaga and his own objections to Yoshitane's rise. During Masanaga's struggle with

304-404: Was no longer in harmony, and while Takakuni acted in concert with Yoshioki, Sumimoto was exiled to Ōmi Province. Sumimoto intended to battle Yoshioki in the province of Settsu, but ended up fleeing to Awa after seeing the superior numbers of Yoshioki's army. In 1511, Sumitomo returned to Kyoto but was defeated by Takakuni and the Ōuchi at Funaokayama and fled once more. The death of Yoshizumi

323-808: Was one of the sparks that ignited the Ōnin War . Nevertheless, the Hatakeyama maintained enough strength and unity to become some of Oda Nobunaga 's chief adversaries in Kyoto, a hundred years later. By the time of the Sengoku period , the Hatakeyama clan had split into many scattered branches. The most notable of these resided in Kawachi , Mutsu , and Noto provinces. The Kawachi-Hatakeyama were split into two main rival branches descended from Hatakeyama Masanaga and Hatakeyama Yoshinari . The Mutsu-Hatakeyama held Nihonmatsu Castle saw its power gradually diminish over

342-523: Was the son of Yasui Shigetsugu, Lord of Miyago castle (Owari province), a descendant of Hatakeyama Iekuni, Shugo (Governor) of Kawachi province, descending from Ashikaga Yoshikane (1154-1199) of the Seiwa-Genji . Yoshikane was the third son of Minamoto no Yoshiyasu , also called Ashikaga Yoshiyasu (1127-1157), founder of the Ashikaga clan , grandson of the Chinjufu-shōgun (Commander-in-chief of

361-425: Was threatened by an army led by Miyoshi Yukinaga , another supporter of Sumimoto. Due to Masamoto then choosing someone else as the successor, Kosai Motonaga , along with Sumiyuki, broke into the house of Masamoto during the year 1507 and killed him while he was taking a bath. Hatakeyama clan The Hatakeyama clan ( Japanese : 畠山氏 , Hepburn : Hatakeyama-shi ) was a Japanese samurai clan. Originally

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