Nejime Shigehira
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- Died: 1629
- Titles: Aki no kami
- Other names: Shigetora
- Distinction: Shimazu retainer
- Japanese: 禰寝重張 (Nejime Shigehira)
Nejime Shigehira was a son of Nejime Shigetake and served three generations of Shimazu clan heads: Yoshihisa, Yoshihiro, and Iehisa (Tadatsuna). He fought in a number of notable battles, including the 1609 invasion of Ryukyu.[1]
He held Nejime castle in Ôsumi province.
References
- Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
- ↑ Maria Grazia Petrucci, “Caught Between Piracy and Trade: The Shimazu of Southern Japan…”, in Robert Antony and Angela Schottenhammer (eds.), Beyond the Silk Roads, Harrassowitz Verlag (2017), p104.
