was a Japanese samurai daimyō of the Edo period.
Early life
Shigekata's father, Hosokawa Nobunori, was the 4th daimyō of Hosokawa clan, but his elder brother, the 5th daimyō, unfortunately was killed, because the family crest of another person was similar to that of the Hosokawa clan.
Family
Father: Hosokawa Nobunori (1676–1732)
Wife: daughter of Koga Michie
Concubine: Yokoshi later Entei-in
Children:
Hosokawa Harutoshi (1758–1787) by Yokoshi
Norihime later Korin'in married Hosokawa Okinori
Hidejiro
Daimyo
Shigekata was the 6th daimyō of Kumamoto of Hosokawa clan, noted for successful financial reform of Kumamoto Domain, for establishing Jishūkan Han school, Medical School Saishunkan (school) and new ideas of criminal law.
