After the Kato clan was replaced by the Hosokawa in 1632, the daimyo lord of the castle Hosokawa Tadatoshi invited Miyamoto Musashi to be one of his retainers. Musashi was a legendary swordsman ...

The Hosokawa clan ruled the Kokura Domain, which was located on the northern end of the island of Kyushu. The wine is thought to have been completed by mid-October, based upon other records of ...

The four addressees were the officials in charge of rice, finances, and expenditures of the Hosokawa clan in Osaka office. [Original Japanese text of the first historical document.] 寛永13年 ...

Turco sang a Gregorian chant at the end. Ogasawara Genya was a retainer of the feudal Hosokawa clan that ruled what is now Kumamoto Prefecture. He and his family were Christians who were ...

Ahhh. Kumamoto castle. Anyone who has studied Japanese history needs no such attempt. It is one of my favourite castles, and home to the Hosokawa clan; one of my favourites clans. Tadaoki Hosokawa is ...

which served as chief counselor of the Hosokawa clan, and then transferred to the university following the end of World War II. The code comprises 13 articles stipulating that vassals must avoid ...

Kumamoto Castle was built in 1607 by Katō Kiyomasa, lord of the Kumamoto domain, and later taken over by the Hosokawa clan. It has been renovated and reconstructed many times over the centuries ...