Editing Hosokawa Fujitaka

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Hosokawa Fujitaka
|image = ACSH Hosokawa Fujitaka Closeup 1.png
|birth = 3 June 1534<br>[[Kyoto]], [[Japan]]<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Hosokawa Fujitaka}}</ref>
|death = 6 October 1610 (aged 76) <br>Kyoto, Japan<ref name="Wiki"/>
|species = [[Human]]
|affiliates = {{Wiki|Hosokawa clan}}<br>
[[Oda clan]] {{c|1573 - 1582}} {{c|formerly}}<br>
{{Wiki|Toyotomi clan}} {{c|1582 - 1598}} {{c|formerly}}
}}
'''Hosokawa Fujitaka''' (1534 - 1610) was a [[Japan]]ese ''[[daimyō]]'' and military general and later a renowned [[tea]] master and poet. Initially having served under the [[Ashikaga shogunate]], he became a retainer to [[Oda Nobunaga]]. After the [[Honnō-ji incident]], he later served [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] despite his son [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]]'s marriage to [[Hosokawa Tama|Akechi Tama]], a member of the [[Akechi clan]] and the daughter of [[Akechi Mitsuhide]], during the [[Battle of Yamazaki]].<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Hosokawa Fujitaka]]</ref><ref name="Wiki"/>

After the battle and Mitsuhide's defeat, Fujitaka then relinquished his title and leadership to Tadaoki<ref name="Wiki"/> and took [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] vows and adopted the name Yūsai, but still served Hideyoshi as an advisor. After Hideyoshi's death, he defied the western army's advanced and inadvertingly aided [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]'s victory in the [[Battle of Sekigahara]].<ref name="Database"/>

==Biography==
In 1541, Fujitaka was adopted into the Hosokawa family at age seven. Within the next three decades, he began to serve under the last of the Ashikaga shoguns until 1573, when he became a vassal under Oda Nobunaga.<ref name="Database"/> In 1571, he was entrusted [[Shōryū-ji Castle]] by Nobunaga, where he rebuilt its defenses by installing a double moat.<ref name="Database2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Shoryu-ji]]</ref> In 1578,<ref name="Wiki HT">{{WP|Hosokawa Tadaoki}}</ref> his son Tadaoki later married with Akechi Tama, the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide.<ref name="Database"/>

In 1582, after the death of Oda Nobunaga at [[Honnō-ji]],<ref name="Temple of the Horseman">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Temple of the Horseman]]</ref> Fujitaka was considering his option on whether to support Mitsuhide or Hideyoshi. Meanwhile, he had trouble dealing with his finances revolving around his [[silver]] intake and tasked his second-in-command [[Yoshisada (samurai)|Yoshisada]] to manage them. However, unbeknownst to Fujitaka, Yoshisada took advantage of his finances and began a silver-smuggling operation. With the help of Akechi [[soldier]]s and [[Portugal|Portuguese]] traders, Yoshisada stole and used the silver to buy ''[[Arquebus|teppō]]'' and then sold the ''teppō'' to [[bandit]]s at a higher cost.<ref name="Silver Smugglers">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Silver Smugglers]]</ref>

However, upon discovering the smuggling operation, Fujitaka had Yoshisade help him investigate, which led Yoshisade to frame Mai and her fellow cohorts as the sole perpetrators. When the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] arrived at [[Sukyo-ji Temple]] and met Fujitaka, he asked them to help him investigate and dismantle the operation altogether.<ref name="Silver Smugglers"/>

When Naoe and Yasuke assassinated all the members, they discovered of Yoshisada being the mastermind. When they took their findings and met with Fujitaka, Fujitaka demanded proof of Yoshisada's guilt. Thus, they traveled to [[Miyazu Castle]] and confronted Yoshisada, who admitted his part but reprimanded them for exposing his betrayal and attacked them. Yoshisada was ultimately defeated as Naoe and Yasuke recovered his confession from his personal effects. Returning back to Sukyo-ji Temple, they gave Fujitaka the confession, much to his dismay. Fujitaka thanked them for their work, decided not to ally himself with the Akechi clan, and then gave them [[gold]] as their reward.<ref name="Silver Smugglers"/>

===Later life and death===
After serving with Hideyoshi at the Battle of Yamazaki,<ref name="Wiki"/> Fujitaka later took Buddhist vows and became known as Yūsai. He served under Hideyoshi until his death in 1598. In 1600, he defended his castle against the Western army's forces and held them out of his castle, which indirectly led to the Eastern army winning the battle. He ultimately retired to a life of mastering the practice of tea and {{Wiki|Waka (poetry)|waka}} poetry, which played a vital part in establishing the etiquette and rules for the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref name="Database"/> He died on 6 October 1610 in Kyoto at the age of 76.<ref name="Wiki"/>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''

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