(1542 – October 21, 1601) was a Japanese ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and n ...

'' of the

Sengoku period The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...

, who served the

Takeda clan The was a Japanese samurai clan active from the late Heian period until the late 16th century. The clan was historically based in Kai Province in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture. The clan reached its greatest influence under the rule of Taked ...

. He was the successor of his father

Hoshina Masatoshi (1509–1593) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Takeda clan. He was the head of Hoshina clan, son of Hoshina Masanori. Masatoshi served under Shingen from the latter's earliest campaigns and fought in many of battles. ...

in the ranks of the senior Takeda retainers, and was given command of 250 cavalry.保科正俊、保科正直
Masanao was driven out of Takatō Castle following a

Siege of Takatō (1582) The 1582 was one of the final battles of the Takeda clan against the forces of Oda Nobunaga. The only Takeda stronghold in Shinano province to put up any resistance to Nobunaga's final invasion of Takeda domain (in February 1582), the castle ...

, but was soon allowed to return through the assistance of the Hojo clan. Following a brief conflict with

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow ...

's forces, Masanao became a Tokugawa retainer, and was allowed to retain Takatō. He took part in the

Siege of Odawara (1590) The third occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to eliminate the Hōjō clan as a threat to his power. The months leading up to it saw hasty but major improvements in the defense of the castle, as Hi ...

under Ieyasu's command,武家家伝＿保科氏
/ref> and moved to the Kantō region together with Ieyasu. In the Kantō, Masanao was granted the

Tako Domain was a minor feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo-period Japan, located in Shimōsa Province (the northern portion of Chiba Prefecture Japan. It was centered on what is now part of the town of Tako in Katori District. It was ruled ...

Family

* Father:

* Wife: Takehime (1553–1618), half sister of

* Concubines: ** Atobeshi-dono * Children: **

Hoshina Masamitsu was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan. Masamitsu was the son of Hoshina Masanao, and after having lent his support to Tokugawa Ieyasu at the 1600 Battle of Sekigahara, he was given the Takatō fief in 1600. ...

by Atobeshi-dono ** Hoshina Masashige **

Hoshina Masasada (June 14, 1588 – December 22, 1661) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Iino Domain. He was first a senior hatamoto with a 3000 ''koku The is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume. 1 koku is equivalent to 10 or ...

by Takehime ** Hojo Ujishige by Takehime ** Eihime (1585–1635) married

Kuroda Nagamasa was a ''daimyō'' during the late Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods. He was the son of Kuroda Kanbei, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's chief strategist and adviser. Biography His childhood name was Shojumaru (松寿丸). In 1577, when Nagamasa was a ...

by Takehime ** Teishoin (1591–1664) married Koide Yoshihide by Takehime ** daughter married Anbe Nobumori by Takehime ** daughter married Kato Akinari by Takehime ** daughter married Kohinata Genzaemon

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References

"Takeda kashindan hitokoto fairu"
(17 Feb. 2008)

(17 Feb. 2008) Samurai Daimyo Hoshina clan 1542 births 1601 deaths {{daimyo-stub