Hosokawa Jozen

Hosokawa Jozen (born c. 1320) was a son of Hosokawa Yorisada of Mikawa and younger brother of Akiuji. Originally a betto administrator at the Tsurugaoka Wakamiya shrine, he served Ashikaga Takauji with his brother and won distinction in the Nakasendai War of 1335.

Sent to rally the warriors of Shikoku, in January 1336 he struck at Kyoto, and that May fought at the Minato River. He kept campaigning against Southern Court forces around the capital until the autumn of 1339, when records of him cease.