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 of Shimazu Takahisa.[1] He was renowned as a great general, who managed to subjugate Kyushu through the deft maneuvering of his three brothers. Eventually, in 1585, Yoshihisa seceded control of the entire Kyushu region.
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ShimazuYoshihisa (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...
Shimazu Yoshihiro (島津 義弘, August 21, 1535 – August 30, 1619) was the second son of Shimazu Takahisa and the younger brother of ShimazuYoshihisa. Traditionally...
wife was the daughter of Shimazu Tadanaga, cousin and karō to ShimazuYoshihisa. Shimazu Toyohisa was born in 1570 as Shimazu Iehisa's child. Houjumaru...
the next generation in the Shimazu family to successfully reclaim them. He nurtured such future leaders like ShimazuYoshihisa and his brothers Yoshihiro...
period Shimazu Toshihisa (1537-1592), senior retainer to the Shimazu clan Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535-1619), general of the Shimazu clan ShimazuYoshihisa (1533-1611)...
She was the third daughter of ShimazuYoshihisa, 16th head of the Shimazu clan, and wife to the 18th clan head, Shimazu Iehisa. Kameju is known as a beautiful...
third son of Shimazu Yoshihiro. Since Yoshihiro's elder brother, ShimazuYoshihisa, did not have a son and his other elder brother, Shimazu Hisakazu, had...
– June 15, 1609) was a retainer of the Shimazu clan during the Edo period. He served under ShimazuYoshihisa. On 1568, he became a Karō for his services...
Mimasaka Shimazu family (伊作島津家), which was part of the Shimazu clan, but after his father ShimazuYoshihisa died, his mother married Shimazu Unkyu of...
groom first cousins once removed. Takako and her husband had one son, YoshihisaShimazu, who was born on 5 April 1962. In 1963, three years after her marriage...
Shimazu Toshihisa (島津 歳久, August 15, 1537 – August 25, 1592) was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, He called 'Saemon no kami'. he was...
Tanegashima Satotoki (種子島恵時), a retainer of daimyō Shimazu Takahisa. Tokitaka was a father in law of ShimazuYoshihisa. He became head of the Tanegashima clan when...
the Shimazu clan in 1578. The Ōtomo force was led by Sorin's brother-in-law Tawara Chikataka, while the Shimazu clan was led by ShimazuYoshihisa. In...
the Arima clan and Arima Harunobu decided to ask the help of ShimazuYoshihisa. Yoshihisa sent an army in December of that year but not much progress was...
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...
Hino Tomiko gave birth to Ashikaga Yoshihisa, a conflict arose among the shugo daimyo as to whether Yoshimi or Yoshihisa would be the next shogun. The Hatakeyama...
1576 when the forces of ShimazuYoshihisa besieged and took the fortress of Takabaru, which belonged to the Itō clan. The Shimazu family had by the 1570s...
defeat of the Ryūzōji clan at the Battle of Okitanawate in 1584, ShimazuYoshihisa refocused his attentions on the Ōtomo clan and a campaign was started...
Keijuin Ashikaga Yoshiteru by Keijuin Ashikaga Shuko (d. 1565) Shiratori Yoshihisa (d. 1547) daughter married Takeda Yoshimune daughter married Miyoshi Yoshitsugu...
of ShimazuYoshihisa, greatly threatening the city. At the request of Otomo Sorin of Bungo, Toyotomi Hideyoshi intervened, and so ShimazuYoshihisa was...
Sengoku Rance, the four brothers of Shimazu family are Yoshihisa, Kazuhisa, Toshihisa and Iehisa. While Yoshihisa, Toshihisa, Iehisa really were Yoshihiro's...
peace between such well-known daimyō as Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, Shimazu Takahisa, Ōtomo Yoshishige, Mōri Motonari, and Amago Haruhisa, the shogun's...
The Tachibana clan. However, the operation were aborted later after ShimazuYoshihisa, the head of the clan, entered negotiation with Ieyasu. In the end...
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