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    The Shimazu clan (Japanese: 島津氏, Hepburn: Shimazu-shi) were the daimyō of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan...
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    Shimazu Yoshihisa (島津義久, February 9, 1533 – March 5, 1611) was a powerful daimyō and the 16th Chief of Shimazu clan of Satsuma Province, the eldest son...
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    Shimazu Yoshihisa. Traditionally believed to be the 17th head of the Shimazu clan, he was a skilled general during the Sengoku period who greatly contributed...
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    head of the Shimazu clan. In 1514, he is said to have been born in Izaku Castle. On 1526, Takahisa was adopted as the successor to Shimazu Katsuhisa and...
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  • of Shimazu Yoshihiro, was a Japanese samurai who was a member of the Shimazu clan. He was also the castle lord in command of Sadowara Castle. He served...
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  • Japanese voice actress Shimazu clan, daimyō of the Satsuma han Shimazu Hisamitsu (1817-1887), Japanese samurai prince Shimazu Katsuhisa (1503-1573), the...
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    the battlefield. As head of the Shimazu clan, he sought to remove corrupt or disloyal counselors, and to reform the clan leadership. To this end, in 1599...
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    Shimazu Tadahisa (島津 忠久, 1179-1227) was the founder of the Shimazu samurai clan. According to a record of his life, he was reportedly born in Sumiyoshi...
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  • Shimazu Iehisa (島津 家久, 1547 – July 10, 1587) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who was a member of the Shimazu clan of Satsuma Province. He...
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    Shimazu Nariakira (島津 斉彬, April 28, 1809 – August 24, 1858) was a Japanese feudal lord (daimyō) of the Edo period, the 28th in the line of Shimazu clan...
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    Mimasaka Shimazu family (伊作島津家), which was part of the Shimazu clan, but after his father Shimazu Yoshihisa died, his mother married Shimazu Unkyu of...
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    Kyūshū campaign (category Shimazu clan)
    daimyō of Kyūshū, and by 1585 the Shimazu family of Satsuma were the primary power on the island. In 1586, Shimazu clan heard of Hideyoshi's plans for invasion...
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  • kami'. he was a third son of Shimazu Takahisa, who served as a general officer and senior retainer of the Shimazu clan of Satsuma Province. Toshihisa...
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  • Shimazu Katsuhisa (島津 勝久, September 8, 1503 – November 9, 1573) was head of the Shimazu clan in Japan. He was adopted father of Shimazu Takahisa (son...
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    Prince Shimazu Tadashige (島津 忠重, 20 October 1886 – 4 April 1968), was the son of Shimazu Tadayoshi and 30th head of the Shimazu clan. He was a naval officer...
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    Tanegashima clan as an heir, but was returned to the Shimazu family while still a child. At age eight, he was adopted into the Shigetomi-Shimazu, a branch...
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    Shimazu Kameju (島津亀寿, 1571 - 1630) or Kamejuhime (亀寿姫), was a Japanese noble woman from the Shimazu clan during the Sengoku period. She was the third daughter...
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    the Edo period, the 27th in the line of Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma Domain (r. 1809–1851). Shimazu was the overseer of the Tenpō Reforms under Zusho...
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    having appealed to Toyotomi Hideyoshi to intervene in Kyūshū against the Shimazu clan, thus spurring Hideyoshi's Kyūshū Campaign of 1587. In 1545, Sōrin married...
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    Tanegashima were retainers of the Shimazu clan of the Satsuma Domain. In 1900, they were appointed Baron. The Tanegashima clan claims Taira ancestry. According...
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    governors (shugo) in Kyushu alongside the Ōtomo clan and Shimazu clan. In the mid-15th century, the Hirai clan ruled from Suko Castle in present-day Saga Prefecture...
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    1186. The clan was allied with Ashikaga Takauji in 1336, but they were defeated in fighting with the Ōtomo clan to the east and Shimazu clan to the south...
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  • Domain (A) Shimazu clan of Satsuma Domain (B) Shimazu clan of Satsuma Domain (C) Tōdō clan of Tsu Domain (A) Tōdō clan of Tsu Domain (B) Tōdō clan of Tsu...
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    there earlier. As the Ōtomo were one of the major clans of Kyūshū, along with the Shōni and the Shimazu, they had a central role in organizing efforts against...
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    The Itō family's most serious rivals in this period were the Shimazu. The Shimazu clan, which had unified Satsuma Province and Ōsumi Province under their...
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  • the Shiba clan from the Ashikaga clan (Seiwa Genji). Shimazu clan (島津氏) – also known as Satsuma Clan; descended from Seiwa Genji. Shinmen clan (新免氏) – also...
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  • his domain happened to be next to that of the most powerful clan in Kyūshū, the Shimazu clan, and the Kimotsuki family would be defeated by them. After...
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  • It was the largest shōen of medieval Japan. The Shimazu clan took its name from this estate as the clan succeeded the position of jitō (land steward)....
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    Takako Shimazu (島津 貴子, Shimazu Takako, born 2 March 1939), born Takako, Princess Suga (清宮貴子内親王, Suga-no-miya Takako Naishinnō), is a former member of...
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    the Tachibana served as loyal retainers under the Ōtomo clan, regularly battling the Shimazu, rivals to the Ōtomo. In the mid-16th century, a conflict...
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