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Hosokawa Tadatoshi

1586–1641 · 17th century

Hosokawa Tadatoshi was the son of Hosokawa Tadaoki and daimyo of Kokura, transferred in 1632 to Kumamoto in Higo with 540,000 koku after the shogunate removed the Katō family. His family held Kumamoto until 1871. He took part in suppressing the Shimabara Rebellion and invited the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi to Kumamoto.

Hosokawa Tadatoshi — Image: Yano Yoshishige (Inscription by Ōbuchi Genkō) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Kumamoto Domain

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hosokawa Tadatoshi. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hosokawa-tadatoshi
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