Hishijima Kunisada
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- Distinction: Shimazu retainer
- Japanese: 比志島国貞 (Hishijima Kunisada)
Hishijima Kunisada served Shimazu Yoshihisa and Yoshihiro and resided at Ichiki in Satsuma province. He served in a number of battles, including Mimigawa (1578) and Minamata (1581), and was considered an important retainer.
In the early years of the Edo period, he served as a karô for the Shimazu clan.[1]
References
- Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
- ↑ Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 39.
