Hosokawa Yorisada

Hosokawa Yorisada was a warrior of the late Kamakura period and founder of the Hosokawa Oshu house. Born at Hosokawa-gō in Mikawa, he was by tradition adopted in childhood by his great-grandfather Yoshisue.

During the Nakasendai War of July 1335 his son Akiuji's army was routed. The bedridden Yorisada refused to be a burden: the Taiheiki says he disembowelled himself facing the enemy, while other accounts place his death at Kawamurayama in Sagami.