Background
Tatsutaka was the fourth son of Hosokawa Tadaoki (1563-1646). In 1634, he married Tsuru, the daughter of Gojo Tameyuku.
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Hosokawa Tatsutaka
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Career
He had one concubine. Tatsutaka participated in the suppression of the Shimabara Rebellion in 1638. The next year, he was granted an audience with the shogun.
The Uto Domain (30,000 koku) was created in Higo Province when Tadaoki abdicated, so that Tatsutaka would have a fief to inherit upon his father"s death.
The child Yukitaka thus became the first lord of the newly created Uto Domain on the death of his father in 1646. He also became head of a cadet branch of the Hosokawa clan.
