Hosokawa Kazuuji

Hosokawa Kazuuji (1296–1342), fourth head of the Hosokawa clan, was a Mikawa-born warrior serving Ashikaga Takauji. After the Genkō War he helped Takauji overthrow the Kamakura shogunate and became governor of Awa. In 1335 he helped crush the Nakasendai rebellion, then fought the imperial court for Takauji.

In 1336 he and his cousin Akiuji secured Shikoku for the Ashikaga. He later headed the Boards of Inquiry and Retainers, then retired to Akizuki in Awa, where he invited Musō Soseki to found Fudaiji and died in 1342.