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	Hosokawa Gracia
		Hosokawa Tama　(細川玉, or Garasha ガラシャ, 1563–July 17, 1600) was a Japanese noblewoman, daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide.
		A Catholic priest gathered Gracia's remains from the Hosokawa mansion and buried them in a cemetery in Sakai.
		Gracia was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1862, and later used by James Clavell as the model for the character of Mariko in his novel Shogun.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/ho/hosokawa_gracia.html (275 words)

	Hosokawa clan - Biocrawler
		Hosokawa Katsumoto, the fifth, fought in the Onin War.
		His son, Hosokawa Masamoto, took dictatorial power in Ashikaga shogunate but, in a succession dispute, he was assassinated in 1507.
		Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa is a descendant of the Hosokawa clan.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Hosokawa (182 words)

	HOSOKAWA GRACIA : Encyclopedia Entry
		Hosokawa Tama (細川玉), usually referred to as Hosokawa Garasha 細川ガラシャ, 1563 - August 25 (by the Japanese calendar the 7th Month, 17th day), 1600) was a Japanese noblewoman, daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide.
		She married Hosokawa Tadaoki at the age of fifteen; the couple had five or six children.
		James Clavell used Gracia as the model for the character of Mariko in his novel Shogun, which was later adapted for television as a miniseries.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Hosokawa_Gracia (696 words)

	Hosokawa Gracia Information
		Hosokawa Tama (細川玉), usually referred to as Hosokawa Garasha 細川ガラシャ, 1563 - August 25 (by the Japanese calendar the 7th Month, 17th day), 1600) was a Japanese noblewoman, daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide.
		She married Hosokawa Tadaoki at the age of fifteen; the couple had five or six children.
		James Clavell used Gracia as the model for the character of Mariko in his novel Shogun, which was later adapted for television as a miniseries.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Hosokawa_Gracia (705 words)

	Hosokawa Gracia: Christian Martyr
		She was the Lady Hosokawa Gracia, born a samurai, trained in Buddhist scriptures, and a devout Christian convert.
		Lady Gracia was born into into the noblest of samurai families, and her pedigree gave her the wherewithal to marry into another clan of very high status.
		However, because she was the daughter of a traitor, Gracia was confined for a while in a separate dwelling in Osaka.
	www.furyu.com /archives/issue2/gracia.html (1572 words)

	Hosokawa Tadaoki ( Sansai )
		Tadaoki's and Gracia's (Tama) graves are at the Kotoin Temple.
		Tadoaki was the son of Nagaoka Fujitaka (Hosokawa Fujitaka, Yusai), (1534-1610), the son of shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1511-1550) the 12th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate by a concubine and the adopted son of Hosokawa Mototsune.
		She was at the Hosokawa residence at Osaka castle when Ishida Mitsunari attempted to take her captive to be used as a political weapon to influence the Hosakawa's decision of who to side with in the upcoming conflict.
	www.artsales.com /ARTistory/Hosokawa/Hosokawa_Tadaoki_(Sansai).htm (2568 words)

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		Among them,there was Hosakawa Gracia,the wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki belonging to the east force,and she rejected to be taken hostage and commited suicide in the residence of Oosaka.
		Hosokawa Tadaoki chreshied and attached her as if she were a treasure barely taken back,and she was accompanied with many servants by Tadaoki's order.
		But Hosokawa Gracia rejected to be taken a hostages and made her servants kill herself.
	www.bekkoame.ne.jp /~gensei/ten/egarasia.html (1360 words)

	Hosokawa Gracia - SamuraiWiki
		Gracia was the 3rd daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide and was married to Hosokawa Tadaoki.
		When her father killed Oda Nobunaga, Gracia was for a time confined and was only taken back by her husband thanks to the intervention of Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi.
		In 1600 she was left in Osaka castle by her husband as one of a number of wives to act as hostages by notable Tokugawa loyalists.
	wiki.samurai-archives.com /index.php?title=Hosokawa_Gracia (132 words)

	Hosokawa Gracia
		General Oda, the strong man who was fast becoming the most powerful man in Japan and was expected to take over the Shogunate, was assassinated by Tama's father, Akechi.
		By this time Gracia was reconciled with her husband, but no one could convince her to give up her faith.
		In Nagasaki, there is a portrait of Gracia in the Peace Museum.
	www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/hosokawa.html (280 words)

	Hosokawa Tadaoki ( Sansai )
		Tadaoki's and Gracia's (Tama) graves are at the Kotoin Temple.
		Tadoaki was the son of Nagaoka Fujitaka (Hosokawa Fujitaka, Yusai), (1534-1610), the son of shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1511-1550) the 12th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate by a concubine and the adopted son of Hosokawa Mototsune.
		She was at the Hosokawa residence at Osaka castle when Ishida Mitsunari attempted to take her captive to be used as a political weapon to influence the Hosakawa's decision of who to side with in the upcoming conflict.
	artsales.com /ARTistory/Hosokawa/Hosokawa_Tadaoki_(Sansai).htm (2568 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Hosokawa clan
		The Hosokawa clan (細川氏, -shi) was a Japanese samurai clan, which claimed descendance from the Seiwa Genji and ironically played key roles in both the establishment of the Ashikaga shogunate and its destruction.
		A conflict between Hosokawa Katsumoto, the fifth Kanrei, and his father-in-law Yamana Sōzen, over the shogunate's succession, sparked the Ōnin War, which led to the fall of the shogunate and a period of 150 years of chaos and war, known as Sengoku.
		Hosokawa Tadaoki (1563-1646) - retainer to Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Hosokawa_clan (597 words)

	Hosokawa Gracia - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Hosokawa Gracia
		Hosokawa Gracia - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Hosokawa Gracia.
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	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Hosokawa-Gracia.html (328 words)

	Hosokawa
		Hosokawa Ujitsuna (1514 â“ 1564) was a military commander at the end of the Muromachi period
		Hosokawa Harumoto (1514 â“ 1563), head of Hosokawa clan at the end of the Muromachi period
		Hosokawa Tadaoki (1563-1645), lord of Tango provice, son of Hosokawa Fujitaka
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http://articles.gourt.com/%22http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DHosokawa (156 words)

	Hosokawa Gracia (1563 - 1600) Japan first saint of Japan
		Hosokawa Tama was the third daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide.
		In 1578 she was married to Hosokawa Tadaoki, eldest son of the daimyo Hosokawa Yusai.
		When Akechi Mitsuhide rose against Oda Nobunaga in the Honnoji Incident of 1582, Tadaoki refused to assist his father-in-law, and Tama was obliged to retire to Mitono in the Okutango Peninsula.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/694752 (308 words)

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		Lady Gracia now was a daughter of a great betrayer to the master of his husband.
		Lord Hosokawa Tadaoki pretended to divorce Tamako and kept her at Midono, a small village in the mountains in Kyoro, where she spent a few years being away from her husband and children.
		The hereditory treasures of the house of Hosokawa are
	www.geocities.jp /general_sasaki/hosokawa_gracia_eng.html (3202 words)

	Hosokawa Tadaoki at AllExperts
		Hosokawa Fujitaka's eldest son, Hosokawa Tadaoki ãç´°å·å¿ è(1563-1645) fought his first battle at the age of thirteen (fifteen by the Japanese count) in the service of Oda Nobunaga.
		In 1578 he had married the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide, called Tamako (1563-1600) and by her Christian name Gracia, whose father was noted Oda general and a friend of Fujitaka.
		While there is little reason to believe that Hosokawa was emotionally scarred by the incident, it was considered an appalling act of trickery, and served to drive Tadaoki - among others - into Ieyasu's camp.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/ho/hosokawa_tadaoki.htm (505 words)

	hosokawa (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hosokawa Tama was the third daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide.
		In 1578 she was married to Hosokawa Tadaoka, eldest son of the daimyo Hosokawa Yusai.
		When Ieyasu's cheif rival Ishida Mitsunari, attepted to seize Gracia as a hostage, Ogasawara Shosai, the senior retainer of the family, executed her in accordance with Tadaoka's orders and then committed suicide.
	www.baobab.or.jp /~stranger/mypage/hosokawa.htm (154 words)

	Amazon.com: "Hosokawa Gracia": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hosokawa Gracia died in tragic circumstances which have now become folklore.
		The grave of Hosokawa Gracia (1563-1600) is in the temple grounds.
		The Mariko character, played by Yoko Shimada, was loosely based on Hosokawa Gracia, a real-life Christian convert and wife of a noble Hosokawa-clan Samurai.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Hosokawa-Gracia (572 words)

	Letter - MIHO MUSEUM (Site not responding. Last check: )
		@Hosokawa Tama (Gracia, 1563-1600) was the wife of Tadaoki (Sansai) and was born the second daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide.
		After the Battle of Sekigahara, Gracia refused to become the prisoner of Ishida Mitsunari, and after composing the famous verse which can be paraphrased, "Flowers have their flower-like aspects, sure to scatter their blossoms when the season comes.
		Gracia was well-educated as the daughter of the high-ranking official A
	www.miho.or.jp /booth/html/doccon/00002219e.htm (176 words)

	Hosokawa Gracia - TheBestLinks.com - Catholic Church, James Clavell, Seppuku, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hosokawa Gracia - TheBestLinks.com - Catholic Church, James Clavell, Seppuku, Toyotomi Hideyoshi,...
		Hosokawa Gracia, Catholic Church, James Clavell, Seppuku, Toyotomi Hideyoshi...
		Hosokawa Tama　(細川玉, or Garasha ガラシャ, 1563–1600) was a Japanese noblewoman, daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide and wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Hosokawa_Gracia.html (182 words)

	Hosokawa Gracia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Hosokawa and Akechi were close, and Tama and Fujioki had been childhood friends.
		He demanded Gracia for a divorce, but she would not allow it on the grounds that it was contrary to religion.
		Gracia wrestled with reading the bible in Latin, and translating words of Christian piety.
	www.sengoku-expo.net /text/person/E/061.html (271 words)

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		The central theme of the festival is the Christian faith of Madam Hosokawa Gracia.
		Hosokawa Gracia (born circa 1563) was Japan's first saint and lived during a nationwide boom in Christianity.
		During her life she was exiled for her faith, and then, finally, chose to die in the flames of her castle (destroyed by the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi).
	www.kyoto-kankou.or.jp /ssd_kyoto/f0/english/2002_11.html (422 words)

	Hosokawa Gracia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		General Oda, the strong man who was fast becoming the most powerful man in Japan and was expected to take over the Shogunate, was assassinated by Tama's father, Akechi.
		By this time Gracia was reconciled with her husband, but no one could convince her to give up her faith.
		In Nagasaki, there is a portrait of Gracia in the Peace Museum.
	dbois.8media.org /hosokawa.html (278 words)

	shitigosan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A sight of shichi-go-san (Seven, Five and Three), a traditional Japanese custom of taking children of these ages to a nearby shrine on November 15.
		Hosokawa Yusai(1534~1610), the first lord of the Hosokawa-family, who is enchrined in this shrine, was a distinguished scholar.
		The shrine houses the spirits of the fourteen successive masters of the family and of Hosokawa Gracia (1563-1600), the christened wife of the second master Tadaoki.
	www.suizenji.or.jp /E-shitigosan.htm (129 words)

	Geschichte Japans: Lehrmaterialien
		Braganza, Bruder (Franziskanermönch, dessen Geschichte von Bruder Dominigo erzählt wird) = St. Pedro Bautista, O.F.M. [Toda] Buntaro (Ehemann von Mariko, Sohn des Hiromatsu) = Hosokawa Tadaoki (1563-1646)
		[Toda] Mariko (Ehefrau des Buntaro, Geliebte von Blackthorne) = Hosokawa Gracia (1563-1600)
		Saruji (Sohn von Mariko und Buntaro) = Hosokawa Tadayoshi (1586-1641)
	www.uni-tuebingen.de /geschichte-japans/manabu/clavell.htm (320 words)

	Japan
		c) Hosokawa, Tama Gracia (1563-1600), wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki, wrote a series of letters to Gregorio de Cespedes S.J. (Laures, 1959, 98ff.) and also a number of poems (Heuvers 1938, 277; Laures 1956, 113f.) in the years 1587-1600.
		Following intensified persecution, the eviction of all missionary priests, and the suppression of Christian faith (from 1614 on) writings and manuals of the Kakure-Kirishitan (crypto-Christians) survived largely through oral transmission and in manuscript, to be collected and printed only in succeeding centuries.
		Boxer, C.R. "Hosokawa Tadaoki and the Jesuits, 1587-1645", Japan Society Transactions and Proceedings 32, 1934-35, 79-119.
	www.missionstudies.org /asia/japan.htm (1774 words)

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