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* ''Sons: [[Shimazu Toyohisa]]''

* ''Sons: [[Shimazu Toyohisa]]''

* ''Titles: Nakatsukasa taiyu''

* ''Titles: Nakatsukasa taiyu''

Iehisa was the 4th son of [[Shimazu Takahisa]]. He was one of the most famed [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] commanders and fought in most of his brother [[Shimazu Yoshihisa|Yoshihisa's]] battles. In [[1578]] he held [[Taka castle]] in [[Hyuga province|Hyûga]] against a powerful [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]] army, allowing his brothers time to raise a relief army and rush to his aid. The Ôtomo were crushed at the [[Battle of Mimigawa]], which Iehisa joined by leading his men out of the castle and into the enemy's rear. He especially distinguished himself at the [[Battle of Okitanawate]], where he led 2,000 Shimazu and 1,000 [[Arima clan|Arima]] troops in a victory over [[Ryuzoji Takanobu|Ryûzôji Takanobu]] that resulted in the latter's death. He fought bravely against the invading [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] forces in [[1587]] but died suddenly at his [[Sadowara castle]] in Hyûga on 10 July, possibly as the result of poisoning. He was probably the finest warrior the Shimazu produced in the [[Sengoku Period]].  

Iehisa was the 4th son of [[Shimazu Takahisa]]. He was the younger half-brother of Shimazu [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]], lord of the Shimazu clan, and [[Shimazu Yoshihiro|Yoshihiro]] and [[Shimazu Toshihisa|Toshihisa]].  He was one of the most famed [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] commanders and fought in numerous battles for Yoshihisa.

 

In 1575 he went to the [[Kyoto]] region to give thanks at the Ise Shrine [伊勢神宮] for the Shimazu's conquest of Satsuma, Ôsumi, and Hyuga and visited the capital, there seeing [[Oda Nobunaga]] and his army returning from Osaka and being entertained by [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] at [[Sakamoto]]. In [[1578]] he held [[Taka castle]] in [[Hyuga province|Hyûga]] against a powerful [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]] army, allowing his brothers time to raise a relief army and rush to his aid. The Ôtomo were crushed at the [[Battle of Mimigawa]], which Iehisa joined by leading his men out of the castle and into the enemy's rear. He especially distinguished himself at the [[Battle of Okitanawate]] [沖田畷の戦い], where he led 2,000 Shimazu and 1,000 [[Arima clan|Arima]] troops in a victory over [[Ryuzoji Takanobu|Ryûzôji Takanobu]] that resulted in the latter's death. He fought bravely against the invading [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] forces in [[1587]] but died suddenly at his [[Sadowara castle]] in Hyûga in the 7th month, possibly as the result of poisoning but more probably from illness. He was possibly the finest commander the Shimazu produced in the [[Sengoku Period]].  

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