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* ''Born: [[1463]]''

* ''Born: [[1463]]''

* ''Died: [[1508]]''

* ''Died: [[1508]]''

* ''Japanese'': [[島津]]忠昌 ''(Shimazu Tadamasa)''

* ''Japanese'': [[島津]]忠昌 ''(Shimazu Tadamasa)''

Shimazu Tadamasa was the 11th head of the [[Shimazu clan]]. He is known both for his political/military exploits, and for the founding of the [[Satsunan school]] of [[Neo-Confucianism]], which got its start when Tadamasa invited [[Keian Genju]] to come to [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]] to lecture on the subject.

Shimazu Tadamasa was the 11th head of the [[Shimazu clan]]. He is known both for his political/military exploits, and for the founding of the [[Satsunan school]] of [[Neo-Confucianism]], which got its start when Tadamasa invited [[Keian Genju]] to come to [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]] to lecture on the subject in [[1478]].

A son of [[Shimazu Tatsuhisa]], Tadamasa's notable campaigns include the defeat of the [[Ito clan|Itô clan]] in [[1485]] in southern [[Hyuga province|Hyûga]]. He suffered the rebellion of a number of his vassals in [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]] in [[1496]], and of the [[Kimotsuki clan]] in [[1506]]. He is said to have killed himself, in [[1508]], the result of a combination of illness, and for his failure to suppress the Kimotsuki rebellion.

A son of [[Shimazu Tatsuhisa]], Tadamasa's notable campaigns include the defeat of the [[Ito clan|Itô clan]] in [[1485]] in southern [[Hyuga province|Hyûga]]. He suffered the rebellion of a number of his vassals in [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]] in [[1496]], and of the [[Kimotsuki clan]] in [[1506]]. He is said to have killed himself, in [[1508]], the result of a combination of illness, and for his failure to suppress the Kimotsuki rebellion.