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.

References

• Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005