(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 no ...

'' of the

Sengoku period The was the period in History of Japan, Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Kyōtoku incident (1454), Ōnin War (1467), or (1493) are generally chosen as th ...

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

Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...

'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 H ...

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.

Family

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

* Concubines: ** Atobeshi-dono * Children: ** Hoshina Masamitsu by Atobeshi-dono ** Hoshina Masashige ** Hoshina Masasada 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 Nagamasa's childhood name was Shojumaru (松寿丸). In 1577 his fathe ...

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