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	Hosokawa Tadaoki ( Sansai )
		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.
		Because the Hosokawa had sided with the Toyotomi in the matter Hideyoshi recommended reconciliation to Tama and that Tadaoki bring her back into his family from exile while the rest of the Akechi clan was systematically eliminated.
		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)

	Hosokawa Tadatoshi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hosokawa Fujitaka's eldest son, Tadaoki, fought his first battle at the age of 15 in the service of Oda Nobunaga.
		Along with his father he was given the province of Tango in 1580, soon afterwards he married the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide, noted Oda general and a friend of Fujitaka.
		He was succeeded by Tadatoshi (1586-1641), an ardent enemy of Christianity and present at the Siege of Shimabara (1632).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hosokawa_Tadatoshi (393 words)

	Hosokawa Tadaoki
		Hosokawa Fujitaka's eldest son, Tadaoki fought his first battle at the age of 15 in the service of Oda Nobunaga.
		Along with his father he was given the province of Tango in 1580, soon afterwards married the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide, noted Oda general and a friend of Fujitaka.
		He was succeded by Tadatoshi (1586-1641), an ardent enemy of Christianity and present at the Seige of Shimabara (1632).
	www.samurai-archives.com /tadaoki.html (380 words)

	94045: Japan's Uncertain Political Transition
		Hosokawa was alluding to those senior LDP Diet members who, aligned with bureaucrats and interest groups, traditionally influenced the policymaking process based on their expertise and practical experience in one or more areas of ministerial jurisdictions.
		Hosokawa's intent was to change the old way by making the Diet, not the bureaucracy, as the central public forum for policy initiation, open debate, and decisionmaking.
		Under Hosokawa, Hata, Murayama, and now Hashimoto, deregulation was seen as a win-win approach to curbing the bureaucratic power that derived as much from the vagueness of Japanese laws as from the maze of administrative guidance and regulations.
	www.fas.org /man/crs/94-045.htm (6440 words)

	travel/Kumamoto
		The city was later granted by the Tokugawa Shogunate to the feudal lord Tadatoshi Hosokawa.
		Throughout the Edo Era, Kumamoto prospered under the rule of successive generations of the Hosokawa family.
		Suizenji-Koen Park was established over 300 years ago by Tadatoshi Hosokawa and was improved upon by succeeding lords of the Hosokawa family.
	www2.gol.com /users/friedman/travel/kyushu/8-4-1.html (1599 words)

	Hosokawa Tadaoki ( Sansai )
		Suizenji Garden was originally a temple grounds built by Tadatoshi Hosokawa, (1586-1641) (Tadaoki's Son) the first generation of the Hosokawa Family who ruled Higo from Kumamoto, and is considered to be one of the six most beautiful gardens in Japan.
		Because the Hosokawa had sided with the Toyotomi in the matter Hideyoshi recommended reconciliation to Tama and that Tadaoki bring her back into his family from exile while the rest of the Akechi clan was systematically eliminated.
		Hosokawa's emphasis on tea seemed to be to introduce and entertain his piers in the warrior class.
	artsales.com /ARTistory/Hosokawa/Hosokawa_Tadaoki_(Sansai).htm (2568 words)

	Japan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The fist lord, Fujitaka Hosokawa (Yusai), was a master of traditional Waka poetry, who initiated the Imperial Prince Toshihito in the secret teachings of this classical style of poetry.
		Hosokawa Mansion was originally constructed in 1646 as the residence of Okitaka Hosokawa, a younger brother of lord Tadatoshi.
		Tadatoshi is a third generation Hosokawa Family member who ruled the Higo domain, presently called Kumamoto.
	www.murphypages.com /japan.htm (609 words)

	Just plant grass, and mow it for 400 years \| The Japan Times Online
		The Hosokawa family is deeply rooted to the history and development of Kumamoto.
		Hosokawa Tadatoshi (1586-1641) was granted the domain of Kumamoto (540,000 koku) by Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1632 and started work on the gardens which became Suizenji Jojuen in the same year.
		The Hosokawas continue to be closely involved in Kumamoto affairs, and a modern descendent, Morihiro Hosokawa, was a highly successful governor of the prefecture before moving to the national stage and becoming prime minister in 1993.
	search.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/fe20010524gt.html (963 words)

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		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.
		She was allowed to return to the Hosokawa palace in Tamatsuri, Osaka in a few years.
		The hereditory treasures of the house of Hosokawa are
	www.geocities.jp /general_sasaki/hosokawa_gracia_eng.html (3202 words)

	MIYAMOTO MUSASHI, biography/part2
		The Hosokawa house had been entrusted with the command of the hot seat of Higo province.
		He accepts the invitation of the daimyo to come to his castle in order to train some samurai's to become the daimyo's personal retainers.
		Musashi stays in Tadatoshi's side untill his death, as close friend and adviser.
	musashi1584.netfirms.com /musashi/bios/bios1/bios2/bios2.htm (905 words)

	Suizenji, Kumamoto
		The construction of this garden began in the early 17th century, as a tea-house for Tadatoshi Hosokawa.
		The main 'Izumi Shinto' Shrine was even built as late as 1878 and is dedicated to the memories of the Hosokawa reign.
		The drawing to the right was taken from the information-leaflet of the garden and shows a map of the whole area.
	www.seisekis96.de /suizenji.htm (608 words)

	Art-of-Budo.com \|\| Samurai Biography of Myamoto Musashi © Karateschool Wadokan Gorinchem
		The Hosokawa house had been entrusted with the command of the hot seat of Higo province.
		Ogasawara Tadazane is the new lord Kumamoto castle and of Binzen province.
		Hosokawa Morishige, daimyo of Kumamoto carved a memorial stone near the maiden hair tree in Ohara marking the place where Musashi was born.
	www.art-of-budo.com /samurai/musashi/musashi.htm (2949 words)

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		At the age of 57, Musashi was invited by the head of the Hosokawa Clan; lord Tatatoshi, to become a guest retainer, due in part to Musashi's great accomplishments as a strategist, artist, wood carver, fencer, and teacher.
		Musashi was given a small stipend and great privileges such as hawking, and received permission to assume many of the trappings of a samurai general.
		He was able to pass his name to posterity by shutting himself in a cave and writing his famous book of tactics, and people say the view from Reigan-dou cave reminds us of how Kamasaka pass looks.
	sv-musashi1.com /about_Musashi.htm (2593 words)

	MIHO MUSEUM Shangri-La vol.8
		The Eisei Bunko Museum is known as a treasure house of art objects passed down for generations beginning in the Nanbokucho period in the Hosokawa clan of Higo, a daimyo family worth 500,000 koku.
		The collection is housed in the former Hosokawa estate, acquired during the late Edo to the postwar period and located in a corner of Mejirodai in Tokyo, covering an expansive property measuring 125,400 square meters.
		From the tea masterSen no Rikyu, the first-generation Hosokawa Fujitaka (Yusai), and the second-generation Tadaoki (Sansai) on, the heads of the Hosokawa excelled in the literary and military arts, and in spite of various hardships, they overcame the difficulties and were able to preserve their invaluable works of art to this day.
	www.miho.or.jp /english/member/shangrila/vol8/eshan8_3.htm (382 words)

	ANA SKY WEB ENGLISH : Kumamoto City Guide
		There are memorial halls and the residences of Yakumo Koizumi (Lafcadio Hearn) and Soseki Natsume, who lived in Kumamoto as a teacher, and the brothers Soho and Roka Tokutomi, originally from Kumamoto, who played active roles in the press and literary world during the Meiji Era.
		It was built by Gyobu Shoyu Okitaka, younger brother of Tadatoshi, the third head of the Hosokawa family.
		Remains of the tea ceremony house built by Tadatoshi, Mitsunao, and Tsunatoshi, three generations of the Hosokawa family.
	www.ana.co.jp /eng/dms/travel/city_guide/kumamoto_guide.html (932 words)

	Hometown Homepage - Kumamoto Places to Visit
		The residence belonged to the younger brother of Tadatoshi who was Hosokawa's third generation.
		A tea garden built for the former feudal lord Hosokawa Tadatoshi, the first generation of the family's reign.
		Also in the premises is Izumi Jinja where the past feudal lords are enshrined, a tea house, and a bronze statue of Hosokawa Tadatoshi.
	hometown.infocreate.co.jp /en/kyushu/kumamoto/midoko-e.html (400 words)

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		Who would be the successor to Kumamoto was the next question for the Tokugawa government, and the chose fell on the Hosokawa clan, with its leader Hosokawa Tadatoshi (1586-1641).
		The Katô, Konishi, Hosokawa and Sassa families history will be described in later publications in the Saga of the Samurai series.
		The nobori flags belonging to the Hosokawa army at Sekigahara.
	www.sagaofthesamurai.com /gallery_page_2.htm (1940 words)

	The Ninja Dojo - Abe Clan
		In the spring of the 18th year of Kanei (1624.2.30-1644.12.16), Hosokawa Tadatoshi, feudal lord of the Higo area, died.
		Although Tadatoshi forbade his vassals to follow him in death before he died, they still committed seppuku one after the other.
		Objected to this, the Abe family shut themselves up in their manor as the lords troops moved in… This is the true story of what happened within the Hosokawa clan in early Edo era.
	www.ninjadojo.com /films_samurai/abe.htm (188 words)

	SmugMug - John Dzida : Suizenji Garden
		The beautiful Momoyama style garden with its exquisitely landscaped mounds, stones, and fountains represents the "Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido.
		[the ancient road that connects Tokyo and Kyoto]" The garden cotinually evolved during the reigns of the fourth Lord Mitsunao Hosokawa and the fifth Lord Tsunatoshi Hosokawa.
		The Hosokawa clan controlled Kumamoto during the Tokugawa era of Japan.
	thewideworldofjohn.smugmug.com /gallery/37841/2 (150 words)

	Kumamoto Digest−History of Kumamoto（Modern times・The modern age）−
		In 1632, a clan Hosokawa Tadatoshi was appointed to the feudal lord of Kumamoto, governed wisely carrying out prominent revolutions of the political system, continued to rule Kumamoto until the Meiji Restoration.
		Especially, one of his revolution "Tenaga Seido" (a system to administrate villages) is the basis of local administration.
		Thus the Governor Hosokawa finally succeeded to supervise the whole Higo-no-Kuni (present Kumamoto Pref.).
	cyber.pref.kumamoto.jp /digest/e/digest07.htm (528 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Miyamoto Musashi
		In 1611, Musashi began practicing zazen at the Myoshinji Temple, where he met Nagaoka Sado, vassal to Lord Hosokawa Tadaoki; Tadaoki was a powerful lord who had received the fief of Higo in west-central Kyūshū after the Battle of Sekigahara.
		Six years later, in 1633, Musashi began staying with Hosokawa Tadatoshi, daimyo of Kumamoto Castle, who had moved to the Kumamoto fief and Kokura, to train and paint.
		Ironically, it was at this time that the Hosokawa lords were also the patrons of Musashi's chief rival, Sasaki Kojiro.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi (6242 words)

	Kumamoto Castle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kumamoto Castle, also known as the Castle of Ginkgo Trees, was designed by Lord Kato Kiyomasa, and completed in 1607.
		The Kato clan only ruled Kumamoto for two generations, after which Hosokawa Tadatoshi of Kokura came to power, and the city was ruled for the following 11 generations, 239 years, by the Hosokawa lords.
		In the Seinan Civil War, which started in 1877, the castle was under seige for almost two months, and most of the castle, except the unsurrendering garrison, was destroyed.
	www.overoften.org.uk /kumacasteng.htm (113 words)

	kumamotocity (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Suizenji Garden was originally a temple grounds built by Tadatoshi Hosokawa, a third generation of Hosokawa Family who ruled Kumamoto, and is considered to be one of the six most beautiful gardens in Japan.
		The garden is landscaped in the traditional Japanese style with Mt. Fuji in miniature, fountains, pine trees and various shrubbery.
		Daijizenji is the Soto sect of Buddhism and was originally built in 1278.
	www.kumamoto.de /index8.html (384 words)

	Dave's Sources Site
		This stone was carved by Hosokawa Morishige, the feudal lord of Kumamoto.
		From his lifetime works of art that reflected his quiet mind, we can continue to investigate his soul, heart, and mind and reach the depth of his soul as they are expressed in his works.
		Musashi wandered about for a long time, and when he was over 50 years old he enjoyed the patronage of Hosokawa Tadatoshi, the feudal master of Kumamoto.
	members.fortunecity.com /kyloh75/MiyamotoMusashi.htm (693 words)

	Toronto Niten Kai - more of Musashi
		He stayed for several years with Lord Hosokawa Tadatoshi at Kumamoto castle and wrote the "Heiho Sanjugo Kajo", a series of 35 articles on swordsmanship.
		After the death of Lord Hosokawa, Musashi’s health declined and he retired to a cave called Reigendo, located behind Ungan-ji temple on Mount Kinbu, west of Kumamoto.
		Musashi died in his Kumamoto home on May 19 and was buried in full armor and honours from the Hosokawa.
	www.toronto-nitenkai.org /moremusashi.htm (942 words)

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		Kojiro was retained by the lord of the province, Hosokawa Tadaoki.
		The Hosokawa house had been entrusted with the command of the hot seat of Higo province, Kumamoto castle, and the new lord of Bunzen was an Ogasawara.
		After six years in Ogura, Musashi was invited to stay with Churi, the Hosokawa lord of Kumamoto castle, as a guest.
	www.coolshack.com /news-letters/Dec-01-2001.html (11465 words)

	column-e.html
		The origin of the garden was built in 1632 by Tadatoshi Hosokawa, a third generation of Hosokawa Family who reigned over Kumamoto.
		Jojuen is a landscape garden located in Kumamoto City on the island of Kyushu.
		The spot where Carps live and birds come to visit is one of the favorite places for local people to come and relax.
	wallpaper.jpn.org /column-e/jojuen.html (151 words)

	Kumamoto Hotel & City Guide - Travel Guide to Kumamoto :: Japan Visitor
		The centerpiece of this Momoyama-style garden is the pond which is fed by pure, underground streams from nearby Mt. Aso.
		The layout of the garden represents the 53 Stations of the old Tokaido highway from Kyoto to Tokyo.
		The garden contains an instantly recognizable, miniature Mount Fuji and Lake Biwa, Izumi Shrine (dedicated to the ancestors of the Hosokawa clan), an Inari Shrine, a Noh stage (with Noh performances in spring and fall), a statue of the garden's creator Tadatoshi Hosokawa and a classical teahouse.
	www.japanvisitor.com /index.php?cID=357&pID=1454 (772 words)

	Shogun - Center for Japanese Studies - Japanese Language, Culture and Traditions
		Therefore, Musashi was able, "by trusting in the principles of combat, to practise many arts and professions - all without a teacher".
		During his stay in Kyüshü, Miyamoto Musashi wrote for the lord of Kumamoto, Hosokawa Tadatoshi, "Hyöhö sanjü go kajö" (35 lessons of strategy), an instructional treatise of swordmanship, in the year 1641.
		One for Hosokawa and one for himself that he transmitted under the name of "Ihon gorin no sho".
	www.shogun.ro /index_e.php?p=gorin_no_sho_e (1395 words)

	Kumamoto, my hometown
		The entire city is supplied with water from undergraoud sources, and throughout the city crystal-clear spring-fed pools and lakes create sites of scenic beauty that refresh the body and spirit
		Suizenji Park has its origins in the "Teahouse of Kokufu" built during the reign of Lord Hosokawa Tadatoshi (1586-1641).
		A grandson of Tadatoshi, Tsunatoshi, rimodeled the tea house on much larger scale and began construction of the present garden.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~myoichi/kumamoto.htm (449 words)

	InYo: Samurai on Wall Street: Hurst
		His victory over Kojiro, using a wooden sword he had fashioned from an oar, is certainly the most dramatic moment in all the Miyamoto Musashi films and is indelibly printed on the minds of Japanese when Musashi's name is mentioned.
		At age 57, Musashi went to the Hosokawa fief at Kumamoto, where he accepted a post and served until he died five years later, in 1645.
		After Tadatoshi's passing, Musashi seems to have largely abandoned the world, devoting all his energies to cultural pursuits.
	www.ejmas.com /jalt/jaltart_Hurst_0101.htm (7506 words)

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