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* ''Other names: Matarokurô''
* ''Other names: Matarokurô''
* ''Distinction: [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] retainer''
* ''Distinction: [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] retainer''
* ''Japanese:'' '''島津歳久'''
* ''Japanese:'' [[島津]]歳久 ''(Shimazu Toshihisa)''
Toshihisa was the 3rd son of [[Shimazu Takahisa]]. A reliable soldier, he fought in a number of his elder brother [[Shimazu Yoshihisa|Yoshihisa's]] campaigns and in [[1580]] was awarded the former domain of the [[Keto-in]] in [[Satsuma province]] as his fief. In [[1592]], when summoned for service in the [[1st Korean Campaign]], he declined, pleading illness. As many of Toshihisa's retainers had recently participated in an armed resistance to service in Korea, Hideyoshi suspected him of also defying his commands and sent Yoshihisa to punish him. Toshihisa committed suicide before Yoshihisa arrived, saying in his death note that while he had not contemplated rebellion, he chose to commit suicide for the sake of the Shimazu house.
Toshihisa was the 3rd son of [[Shimazu Takahisa]]. A reliable soldier, he fought in a number of his elder brother [[Shimazu Yoshihisa|Yoshihisa's]] campaigns and in [[1580]] was awarded the former domain of the [[Keto-in clan|Ketô-in clan]] in [[Satsuma province]] as his fief. He adopted [[Shimazu Tadachika (1569-1587)|Shimazu Tadachika]], the 2nd son of [[Shimazu Yoshitora]], as his heir and married his eldest daughter to him.
Tadachika was killed, however, in [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] [[Kyushu Campaign]] of [[1587]]. While Yoshihisa submitted to Hideyoshi's authority, Toshihisa refused to do so; indeed, he never met with Hideyoshi at all. When Hideyoshi passed through Toshihisa's territory, Satsuma samurai loosed arrows into Hideyoshi's palanquin.
In [[1592]], when summoned for service in the [[Korean Invasions|1st Korean Campaign]], he declined, pleading illness. As many of Toshihisa's retainers had recently participated in an armed resistance to service in Korea, led by [[Umekita Kunikane]]<!--梅北国兼-->, Hideyoshi suspected him of also defying his commands and sent Yoshihisa to punish him. Toshihisa committed suicide before Yoshihisa arrived, saying in his death note that while he had not contemplated rebellion, he chose to commit suicide for the sake of the Shimazu house.
Toshihisa was succeeded by Tadachika's son, [[Shimazu Tsunehisa|Tsunehisa]] [島津常久].
==References==
==References==
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* [[Sengoku Jinmei Jiten]]
* [[Sengoku Jinmei Jiten]]
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/word/simadzu05.html Shimazu Toshihisa]," ''Satsuma Shimazu-ke no rekishi'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.
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