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Hosokawa Katsumoto

Hosokawa Katsumoto(細川 勝元 1430-1473).Japanese Lord (Shugo Daimyou) in Muromachi Period. One of the Kanrei, a butler of AshikagaShogunate.

He fought with Yamana Souzen, other Shugo Daimyou, from 1467 to 1473. But they did not win a victory each other. That Battles call Onin War.

The famous temple Ryouanji, Rock Garden, was built by Katsumoto.