Shimazu Takahisa (島津 貴久, May 28, 1514 – July 15, 1571), a son of Shimazu Tadayoshi, was a daimyō during Japan's Sengoku period. He was the fifteenth head...

Tadataka Shimazu Katsuhisa Shimazu Takahisa Shimazu Yoshihisa Shimazu Yoshihiro Shimazu Tadatsune Shimazu Mitsuhisa Shimazu Tsunataka Shimazu Yoshitaka...

Shimazu Yoshihiro (島津 義弘, August 21, 1535 – August 30, 1619) was the second son of Shimazu Takahisa and the younger brother of Shimazu Yoshihisa. Traditionally...

16th Chief of Shimazu clan of Satsuma Province, the eldest son of Shimazu Takahisa. He was renowned as a great general, who managed to subjugate Kyushu...

son of Shimazu Takahisa. He served in a command capacity during his family's campaign to conquer Kyūshū. His sons were Shimazu Toyohisa, Shimazu Tadanao...

Shimazu clan Shimazu Tadatsune (1576-1638), Tozama daimyō of Satsuma Shimazu Tadayoshi (1493-1568), daimyō (feudal lord) of Satsuma Shimazu Takahisa (1514-1571)...

no 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...

sent his son Shimazu Takahisa to be adopted by Katsuhisa. In 1526, Katsuhisa handed over the position of the head of the family to Takahisa. In 1539 though...

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 of...

Japanese footballer Takahisa Oguchi (小口 貴久, born 1979), Japanese luger Shimazu Takahisa (島津 貴久, 1514–1571), Japanese daimyō Shinagawa Takahisa (品川 高久, 1576–1639)...

of Shimazu Tadayoshi as his wife as well as having his sister marry Shimazu Takahisa. On the other hand, he moved to unify Ōsumi Province and captured Takaoka...

in battle in Japan. Shimazu Takahisa attacked the castle of Kajiki in Ōsumi Province, in southern Kyushu. Ijuin Tadaaki, a Shimazu vassal, used a gun provided...

important vassals of the Shimazu clan. He served under Shimazu Tadayoshi and Shimazu Takahisa, who were essential in uniting the Shimazu clan. Tada'aki had...

Tanegashima Satotoki (種子島恵時), a retainer of daimyō Shimazu Takahisa. Tokitaka was a father in law of Shimazu Yoshihisa. He became head of the Tanegashima clan...

built by Shimazu Hisanaga in the thirteenth century. It was the original seat of power for the Shimazu clan until 1536, when Shimazu Takahisa relocated...

between such well-known daimyō as Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, Shimazu Takahisa, Ōtomo Yoshishige, Mōri Motonari, and Amago Haruhisa, the shogun's...

by the Shimazu clan. In 1536, Shimazu Takahisa moved the original base of power for the Shimazu clan from Izaku Castle. But Shimazu Takahisa moved to...

Catholicism to Japan. On September 29, St. Francis Xavier visited Shimazu Takahisa, the daimyō of Kagoshima, asking for permission to build the first...

Shimada Ichirō Shimazu Katsuhisa Shimazu Tadahisa Shimazu Tadatsune Shimazu Tadayoshi Shimazu Takahisa Shimazu Toyohisa Shimazu Yoshihiro Shimazu Yoshihisa...

confusion. At the Battle of Kizaki, in Japan (June 1572), the forces of Shimazu Takahisa, outnumbered ten to one by those of Itō Yoshisuke, prevailed, using...

was a retainer of Satsuma daimyō Shimazu Yoshihisa. He is also known as Jiroshirō. He served under Shimazu Takahisa and then under Yoshihisa. Tadamoto...

Sōsan Shimazu Tadayoshi Shimazu Takahisa Shimazu Yoshihisa : Kokubu Castle Shimazu Yoshihiro : Iino Castle Shimazu Iehisa Shimazu Teruhisa Shimazu Toyohisa...

Satsuma during 1526. The Shimazu clan head was then passed on to Katsuhisa's eldest son, Shimazu Takahisa. Even though Takahisa was the new head, Katsuhisa...

painting Mona Lisa (b. 1479) 1544 – René of Châlon (b. 1519) 1571 – Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1514) 1609 – Annibale Carracci, Italian painter...

representative of the Portuguese king, he was received in a friendly manner. Shimazu Takahisa (1514–1571), daimyō of Satsuma, gave a friendly reception to Francis...

1544. The Iriki were vassals of the Shimazu clan and Iriki-In Shigetomo was the brother-in-law of Shimazu Takahisa. However relations began to sour when...

branches of the Shimazu family, Sanehisa and Katsuhisa, were warring for the sovereignty of their lands. Katsuhisa adopted Shimazu Takahisa who in 1542 was...

continues its retreat from Scottish and French forces. September 29 – Shimazu Takahisa, the ruling daimyo of Japan's Satsuma Province, welcomes the Jesuit...

army of the Iriki-in clan (loyal to Shimazu Takahisa) stormed the castle of Iwaya, aligned with the rival Shimazu Sanehisa. Sanehisa had been the lord...

Japan. The siege was just one of a number of military actions that Shimazu Takahisa had to take against his rebellious kokujin vassals in the Ito and Kimotsuki...