Hongo Tokihisa

• Birth: 1530
• Death: 1596
• Distinction: Shimazu retainer

Tokihisa served the Shimazu family of Satsuma province. He defeated an attack by the Kimotsuki clan in 1573 and put down a rebellion of former Itô retainers in 1578. He acted as a hostage to Toyotomi Hideyoshi after the latter invaded Kyushu in 1587. He was afterwards installed at Miyanojo in Satsuma Province.

Son: Hongo Tadatora

References

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