Hosokawa Katsumoto (1430-1473)

Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元, 1430–1473) was a prominent general of the Muromachi period (室町時代, 1333–1568) and an influential figure within the military and political hierarchy of the Ashikaga shogunate. He was the son of Hosokawa Mochiyuki (細川持之, 1400–1442). Upon his father's death, he succeeded to the position of military governor (shugo 〈守護〉) of several strategically important provinces, namely Settsu (摂津, now forming parts of present-day Ōsaka and Hyōgo prefectures), Tamba (丹波, now...