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* ''Birth: [[1573]]''
* ''Death: [[1600]]''
* ''Other name: Mataroku''
* ''Distinction: [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] retainer


Shigetoki was the second son of [[Shimazu Yukihisa]] and was adopted as heir to the [[Iriki-in clan]] following the death of [[Iriki-in Shigetoyo]] in [[1583]]. He subsequently married a daughter of [[Shimazu Toshihisa]]. He was unable to serve in the [[1st Korean Campaign]] due to illness but joined the [[2nd Korean Campaign]] in [[1597]] and rendered distinguished service (at Namwan, Sach'on, and elsewhere), afterwards being given a fief at Yuno-o. In [[1599]] he helped put down a rebellion by [[Ijuin Tadamune]], and fought at [[Battle of Kusumure|Kusumure]], afterwards taking the news of the victory to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. He accompanied [[Shimazu Yoshihiro]] to the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] in [[1600]]. When the western forces were defeated, Shigetoki was killed along with the entire Iriki-in contingent during the retreat from the battlefield.

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