Iriki-in Shigetaka

  • Birth: 1579
  • Death: 1647
  • Title: Iwami no kami
  • Other names: Shimazu Hisahide, Ei Hisahide, Iriki-in Shigekuni
  • Distinction: Shimazu retainer
  • Japanese 入来院 重高 (Irikiin Shigetaka)

Shigetaka was a nephew of Shimazu Yoshihisa and the son of Shimazu Yoshitora. He was adopted into first the Ei clan, then the Iriki-In, where he succeeded Iriki-in Shigetoki, who died without an heir at Sekigahara (1600). In 1613 he was transferred from Yuno-o to Iriki-in.

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