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*''Born: [[1363]]''
*''Died: [[1411]]''
*''Japanese'': [[島津]]元久 ''(Shimazu Motohisa)''
Shimazu Motohisa was the seventh head of the [[Shimazu clan]]. The Shimazu fortress of [[Shimizu castle]], and the Shimazu clan graveyard at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] were established under his rule.
Motohisa was the son of [[Shimazu Ujihisa]], sixth head of the clan. He became head of the clan himself following his father's death on [[1387]]/int.5/4.
He invited the [[Zen]] priest [[Sekioku Shinryo|Sekioku Shinryô]] to [[Kagoshima]] in [[1394]] to establish a ''bodaiji'' (clan temple) for the Shimazu; this marked the origin of Fukushô-ji. Motohisa's father Ujihisa and uncle [[Shimazu Morohisa|Morohisa]], along with Motohisa himself, were the first heads of the Shimazu clan to be buried there. All future heads of the clan, along with many of their most immediate relatives, were buried there from then on, and though the temple no longer survives, the graveyard continues to be maintained.<ref>Gallery labels, [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]], Kagoshima.; Plaques on-site at Fukushô-ji.</ref>
Motohisa died in [[1411]]. While his son [[Shimazu Morikuni]], also known as Chûô-oshô, served as abbot of Fukushô-ji, Motohisa was succeeded as head of the clan by his brother [[Shimazu Hisatoyo]].
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[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
*''Died: [[1411]]''
*''Japanese'': [[島津]]元久 ''(Shimazu Motohisa)''
Shimazu Motohisa was the seventh head of the [[Shimazu clan]]. The Shimazu fortress of [[Shimizu castle]], and the Shimazu clan graveyard at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] were established under his rule.
Motohisa was the son of [[Shimazu Ujihisa]], sixth head of the clan. He became head of the clan himself following his father's death on [[1387]]/int.5/4.
He invited the [[Zen]] priest [[Sekioku Shinryo|Sekioku Shinryô]] to [[Kagoshima]] in [[1394]] to establish a ''bodaiji'' (clan temple) for the Shimazu; this marked the origin of Fukushô-ji. Motohisa's father Ujihisa and uncle [[Shimazu Morohisa|Morohisa]], along with Motohisa himself, were the first heads of the Shimazu clan to be buried there. All future heads of the clan, along with many of their most immediate relatives, were buried there from then on, and though the temple no longer survives, the graveyard continues to be maintained.<ref>Gallery labels, [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]], Kagoshima.; Plaques on-site at Fukushô-ji.</ref>
Motohisa died in [[1411]]. While his son [[Shimazu Morikuni]], also known as Chûô-oshô, served as abbot of Fukushô-ji, Motohisa was succeeded as head of the clan by his brother [[Shimazu Hisatoyo]].
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==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]