Shimazu Motohisa
Shimazu Motohisa was the seventh head of the Shimazu clan. The Shimazu fortress of Shimizu castle, and the Shimazu clan graveyard at Fukushô-ji were established under his rule.
Motohisa was the son of Shimazu Ujihisa, sixth head of the clan, and fought alongside Ujihisa in the battles of the Nanbokuchô period, against Imagawa Ryôshun and others. He became head of the clan himself following his father's death on 1387/int.5/4.
He invited the Zen priest Sekioku Shinryô to Kagoshima in 1394 to establish a bodaiji (clan temple) for the Shimazu; this marked the origin of Fukushô-ji. Motohisa's father Ujihisa and uncle Morohisa, along with Motohisa himself, were the first heads of the Shimazu clan to be buried there. All future heads of the clan, along with many of their most immediate relatives, were buried there from then on, and though the temple no longer survives, the graveyard continues to be maintained.[1]
Motohisa died in 1411. While his son Shimazu Morikuni, also known as Chûô-oshô, served as abbot of Fukushô-ji, Motohisa was succeeded as head of the clan by his brother Shimazu Hisatoyo.
| Preceded by: Shimazu Ujihisa |
Head of Shimazu clan & jitô-shugo of Satsuma province 1387-1411 |
Succeeded by: Shimazu Hisatoyo |
References
- ↑ Gallery labels, Shôkoshûseikan, Kagoshima.; Plaques on-site at Fukushô-ji.
