Hosokawa Fujitaka

Hosokawa Fujitaka (; June 3, 1534 – October 6, 1610), also known as Hosokawa Yūsai (細川 幽斎; Japanese pronunciation:), was a Japanese daimyō and prominent samurai lord of the Sengoku period. A former senior retainer of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the fifteenth and final Ashikaga shōgun, Fujitaka later aligned with Oda Nobunaga. As a reward for his service to the Oda clan, he was granted the fief of Tango Province. He subsequently rose to prominence as one of the Oda's leading generals, playing a strategic role in Nobunaga's campaigns.