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Hosokawa Takakuni
Hosokawa Takakuni (1484–1531), head of the Hosokawa kanrei house, one of the most powerful military-political figures in the Kinai in the early Sengo…
Timeline
- 1511–1514Kyoto · Muromachi shogunateTakakuni opposed Hosokawa Sumimoto, Miyoshi Nagamoto and others, fighting repeatedly in the Kinai over control of the shogunate and the imperial court; Kyoto's politics were unsettled by the Hosokawa infighting.
- 1515–1517Buzen Province · Ōuchi sphere of influenceTakakuni allied with Ōuchi Yoshioki, using western daimyo's troops and funds against Sumimoto and Miyoshi Nagamoto, assembling a coalition in Buzen and elsewhere in preparation for a march on Kyoto.
- 1518–1520Kyoto · Muromachi shogunateIn 1508 Takakuni and Ōuchi Yoshioki brought Ashikaga Yoshiharu into Kyoto and restored him as shogun; Takakuni himself controlled shogunal government as kanrei, issuing orders to the court and daimyo, reaching the peak of his power.
Sources
- Japan Encyclopedia: Hosokawa Takakuni — Louis Frédéric (2002)
- The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 3: Medieval Japan — Kozo Yamamura (1990)