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Shimazu Iehisa

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1576–1638 Also known as Matsudaira Iehisa

Shimazu Tadatsune (27 Nov 1576 – 7 Apr 1638), first daimyo of Satsuma, third son of Shimazu Yoshihiro, later took the name Iehisa;…

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  1. 1602–1608Kagoshima, Satsuma Province · KagoshimaThird son of Yoshihiro. Designated heir and renamed Iehisa because his uncle Yoshihisu had no heir and another elder brother Hisatune died in Korea. Became daimyo in 1602, pledged submission to Tokugawa Ieyasu and received the name Matsudaira Iehisa; Yoshihiro still held real power until 1619.
  2. 1609Shuri, Ryukyu · OkinawaIn 1609 sent an expedition against Ryukyu, capturing Shuri and forcing King Shō Nei to submit. Ryukyu thereafter maintained the appearance of tributary relations with Ming (later Qing) while being controlled by Satsuma, so as not to interrupt trade with China.
  3. 1610–1638Satsuma · SatsumaReorganized his retainers and purged disloyal elders. Died on 7 April 1638, succeeded as daimyo by his son Shimazu Mitsukusa. Satsuma Domain participated in the Shimabara Rebellion on shogunate orders, but whether he himself died of illness at the front is not recorded in the Yingwei special article.

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