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*''Japanese'': [[島津]]家 ''(Shimazu-ke)''
*''Japanese'': [[島津]]家 ''(Shimazu-ke)''
The Shimazu clan were the lords of [[Satsuma province]] for nearly 700 years, from the 1180s through the 1870s, commanding considerable power and semi-independence within their domain. During the [[Edo period]], the Shimazu had the second-highest official ''[[kokudaka]]'' in the realm, and with the marriage of [[Atsuhime]] in [[1856]] became the only samurai clan to marry daughters into the [[Tokugawa clan]]. Following the [[Meiji Restoration]], members of the clan remained powerfully influential in politics.
==History==
The Shimazu, who may have been descended from the [[Koremune clan]], were founded by [[Shimazu Tadahisa]] (d.[[1227]]), who was appointed as military commander of southern [[Kyushu]] by [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] in [[1187]]. It was once believed that Shimazu Tadahisa was an illegitimate child of Yoritomo's, a story that has largely been abandoned since the end of the Edo Period.
The Shimazu, who may have been descended from the [[Koremune clan]], were founded by [[Shimazu Tadahisa]] (d.[[1227]]), who was appointed as military commander of southern [[Kyushu]] by [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] in [[1187]]. It was once believed that Shimazu Tadahisa was an illegitimate child of Yoritomo's, a story that has largely been abandoned since the end of the Edo Period.