Iriki-in Shigetaka
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- 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
