Harumoto Hosokawa

A military commander in the late Muromachi period. Kanrei (regent) of the Muromachi shogunate. His childhood name was Soumeimaru. He was from the Hosokawa clan, the guardian of Awa, and was the son of Hosokawa Sumimoto, who was adopted by Kanrei Hosokawa Masamoto. He lived in Awa (Tokushima Prefecture) because his father was chased by Kanrei Hosokawa Takakuni. In March 1527 (Taiei 7), he landed in Sakai with Ashikaga Yoshitsuna, supported by Miyoshi Motonaga of Awa, and thereafter ruled the Kinai region from Kenponji Temple in Sakai as his base. In 1532 (Tenbun 1), he was chased out of Sakai by the Ikko Ikki and fled to Awaji. In 1800, he escaped from Awaji and entered Ikeda Castle in Settsu (Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture), then moved to Akutagawa Castle (Takatsuki City), ruling the Kinai region from this base until 1803. In September of the same year, he finally entered Kyoto, and maintained power as Kanrei for the next 16 years. However, in 1804, he was defeated by Miyoshi Nagayoshi in the Battle of Eguchi (Higashiyodogawa Ward, Osaka City), and fled to Omi with the former Shogun Yoshiharu and Shogun Yoshiteru, and finally Harumoto's government collapsed. Harumoto was the last Kanrei to wield real power, and the last person to hold the Shogunate power among the Hosokawa clan, which had effectively controlled the Shogunate since Masamoto. He died at Fumonji Temple in Settsu on March 1, 1560.

[Toshifumi Yada]

"The Tokugi-kyoki by Akira Imatani (1980)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

室町末期の武将。室町幕府の管領(かんれい)。幼名聡明丸(そうめいまる)。阿波(あわ)守護細川家の出身で、管領細川政元(まさもと)の養子となった細川澄元(すみもと)の子。父が管領細川高国(たかくに)に追われたため、阿波（徳島県）に住んだ。1527年（大永7）3月足利義維(あしかがよしつな)とともに阿波の三好元長(みよしもとなが)に擁せられ堺(さかい)に上陸、以後堺の顕本寺(けんぽんじ)を本拠として畿内(きない)支配を行う。32年（天文1）一向一揆(いっこういっき)に堺を追われ淡路に逃れる。33年淡路を脱出して摂津池田城（大阪府池田市）に入り芥川(あくたがわ)城（高槻(たかつき)市）に移り、36年までこの地を本拠として畿内を支配。同年9月ようやく入京を果たし、管領として以後16年間政権を維持した。しかし49年江口(えぐち)（大阪市東淀川(ひがしよどがわ)区）の合戦で三好長慶(ながよし)に敗れ、前将軍義晴(よしはる)、将軍義輝(よしてる)とともに近江(おうみ)に走り、ついに晴元政権は崩壊した。晴元は実権を振るった最後の管領であり、政元以来幕府を事実上支配した細川氏にあって、幕権を握った最後の人物であった。永禄(えいろく)6年3月1日摂津普門寺に没。

［矢田俊文］

『今谷明著『言継卿記』（1980・そしえて）』

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