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[[File:Shigetoshi.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The gravesite of Shimazu Shigetoshi, near that of [[Shimazu Shigehide]], at the [[Shimazu clan]] cemetery in [[Kagoshima]]]]
*''Born: [[1729]]/2/11''
*''Died: [[1755]]/6/16''
*''Japanese'': [[島津]]重年 ''(Shimazu Shigetoshi)''
Shimazu Shigetoshi was the 7th [[Edo period]] lord of [[Satsuma han]], and 24th head of the [[Shimazu clan]].
The second son of [[Shimazu Tsugutoyo]], Shigetoshi was adopted into the headship of the [[Kajiki clan|Kajiki Shimazu family]], but after his elder (birth) brother [[Shimazu Munenobu|Munenobu]] died young, he was posthumously adopted by Munenobu, and succeeded him as lord of Satsuma in [[1749]].
In [[1753]], Shigetoshi received orders from the shogunate to contribute to riparian public works projects on the [[Kiso River|Kiso]], [[Ibi River|Ibi]], and [[Nagara River]]s. He appointed ''[[karo|karô]]'' [[Hirata Yukie]] to oversee the project, and dispatched over 1,000 retainers to perform the work. Shigetoshi stopped in the area, near [[Ogaki-shuku|Ôgaki-shuku]] on the [[Mino Road]], along with his nine-year-old son [[Shimazu Shigehide|Zenjirô]], to inspect the progress while on his way to [[Edo]] in [[1754]]/7. The project was completed the following year, at the end of two to three years of severe difficulties.
Shigetoshi died on 1755/6/16 at age 27, at the [[Satsuma Edo mansion|Shimazu clan's mansion]] in the Shiba district of Edo. He is buried alongside his mother, a later wife of his father Tsugutoyo, and his son & successor Shigehide, at the Shimazu clan cemetery at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]]. His wife is buried elsewhere in the cemetery.
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{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>[[Shimazu Munenobu]]
|width="35%"|'''Lord of [[Satsuma han]]'''<br> [[1749]]-[[1755]]
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Shimazu Shigehide]]'''
|}
</center>
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==References==
*"[http://www.city.kaizu.lg.jp/life-guide/learns-play/history-culture/horeki-chisui/shimazu-shigetoshi.html Satsuma hanshu Shimazu Shigetoshi no haka]," Hôreki chisui gallery, Kaizu City official website.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B3%B6%E6%B4%A5%E9%87%8D%E5%B9%B4-1080899 Shimazu Shigetoshi]," Nihon jinmei daijiten, Kodansha, 2009.
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/toushu/toushu24.html Shimazu Shigetoshi]," ''Satsuma Shimazu-ke no rekishi'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Samurai]]
*''Born: [[1729]]/2/11''
*''Died: [[1755]]/6/16''
*''Japanese'': [[島津]]重年 ''(Shimazu Shigetoshi)''
Shimazu Shigetoshi was the 7th [[Edo period]] lord of [[Satsuma han]], and 24th head of the [[Shimazu clan]].
The second son of [[Shimazu Tsugutoyo]], Shigetoshi was adopted into the headship of the [[Kajiki clan|Kajiki Shimazu family]], but after his elder (birth) brother [[Shimazu Munenobu|Munenobu]] died young, he was posthumously adopted by Munenobu, and succeeded him as lord of Satsuma in [[1749]].
In [[1753]], Shigetoshi received orders from the shogunate to contribute to riparian public works projects on the [[Kiso River|Kiso]], [[Ibi River|Ibi]], and [[Nagara River]]s. He appointed ''[[karo|karô]]'' [[Hirata Yukie]] to oversee the project, and dispatched over 1,000 retainers to perform the work. Shigetoshi stopped in the area, near [[Ogaki-shuku|Ôgaki-shuku]] on the [[Mino Road]], along with his nine-year-old son [[Shimazu Shigehide|Zenjirô]], to inspect the progress while on his way to [[Edo]] in [[1754]]/7. The project was completed the following year, at the end of two to three years of severe difficulties.
Shigetoshi died on 1755/6/16 at age 27, at the [[Satsuma Edo mansion|Shimazu clan's mansion]] in the Shiba district of Edo. He is buried alongside his mother, a later wife of his father Tsugutoyo, and his son & successor Shigehide, at the Shimazu clan cemetery at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]]. His wife is buried elsewhere in the cemetery.
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>[[Shimazu Munenobu]]
|width="35%"|'''Lord of [[Satsuma han]]'''<br> [[1749]]-[[1755]]
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Shimazu Shigehide]]'''
|}
</center>
{{stub}}
==References==
*"[http://www.city.kaizu.lg.jp/life-guide/learns-play/history-culture/horeki-chisui/shimazu-shigetoshi.html Satsuma hanshu Shimazu Shigetoshi no haka]," Hôreki chisui gallery, Kaizu City official website.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B3%B6%E6%B4%A5%E9%87%8D%E5%B9%B4-1080899 Shimazu Shigetoshi]," Nihon jinmei daijiten, Kodansha, 2009.
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/toushu/toushu24.html Shimazu Shigetoshi]," ''Satsuma Shimazu-ke no rekishi'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Samurai]]