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Created page with "right|thumb|320px|The graves of Shimazu Tadakuni and his wife at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji in Kagoshima]] *''Born: 1403/5/2'' *''Died: [[1..."
[[File:Shimazu-tadakuni.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The graves of Shimazu Tadakuni and his wife at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]]]]
*''Born: [[1403]]/5/2''
*''Died: [[1470]]/1/20''
*''Titles: Shûri-dayû, Mutsu-no-kami''
*''Japanese'': [[島津]]忠国 ''Shimazu Tadakuni''
Shimazu Tadakuni was the ninth head of the [[Shimazu clan]].
The son of [[Shimazu Hisatoyo]], he was born at [[Mukasa castle]]<!--穆佐--> in [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]]. He succeeded his father as ''[[shugo]]'' of [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]], [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], and Hyûga provinces in [[1425]]. Five years later, he pursued [[Shimazu Hisamori]] to his death; Hisamori killed himself at [[Tokumitsu castle]], marking the end of the Sôshû branch of the Shimazu, started by [[Shimazu Morohisa]] in the 1360s. This secured the dominance of Tadakuni's Ôshû branch, begun by Morohisa's younger brother [[Shimazu Ujihisa]], over all three provinces, and established the Ôshû branch as the chief Shimazu lineage.
When [[Ashikaga Gisho|Ashikaga Gishô]] lost the shogunal succession, and fled to Fukushima-in in Hyûga, Takakuni received orders from the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] to lead the punitive mission against him. A legend which emerged in later times has it that Tadakuni was named lord of [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû]] as a reward for successfully forcing Gishô's suicide (or assassinating him). No Shimazu ever exercised direct political control over Ryûkyû or deployed administrators there until the 17th century; however, at that time, the Shimazu claimed suzerainty over the islands stretching back to Tadakuni's grant from the shogunate in 1441.
Meanwhile, within the Shimazu domains, the [[Neshime clan|Neshime]] and [[Kimotsuki clan]]s continued to stand in rebellion, and once Tadakuni's younger brother [[Shimazu Mochihisa]] was appointed ''shugodai'' of [[Satsuma province]], he gained in power and also stood against Tadakuni. The shogunate later weakened the power of Mochihisa, however, and the two brothers reached a rapprochement by [[1448]]. Opposed also by his son [[Shimazu Tatsuhisa]], Tadakuni retired to Kaseda, and is sometimes said to have then fled to Ryûkyû.
Tadakuni died in [[1470]], at the age of 68. He was succeeded as head of the Shimazu clan by his second son [[Shimazu Tatsuhisa]]. His two other sons were [[Shimazu Hisayasu]] and [[Shimazu Tomohisa]]. Tadakuni is buried at the Shimazu clan cemetery at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]], alongside his wife.
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>[[Shimazu Hisatoyo]]
|width="35%"|'''Head of [[Shimazu clan]] & lord of [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]], [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], and [[Hyuga province|Hyûga provinces]]'''<br> [[1425]]-[[1470]]
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Shimazu Tatsuhisa]]'''
|}
</center>
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==References==
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/toushu/toushu09.html Shimazu Tadakuni]," ''Satsuma Shimazu-ke no rekishi'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B3%B6%E6%B4%A5%E5%BF%A0%E5%9B%BD-1080913 Shimazu Tadakuni]," ''Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten''.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B3%B6%E6%B4%A5%E5%BF%A0%E5%9B%BD-1080913 Shimazu Tadakuni]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha 2009.
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
*''Born: [[1403]]/5/2''
*''Died: [[1470]]/1/20''
*''Titles: Shûri-dayû, Mutsu-no-kami''
*''Japanese'': [[島津]]忠国 ''Shimazu Tadakuni''
Shimazu Tadakuni was the ninth head of the [[Shimazu clan]].
The son of [[Shimazu Hisatoyo]], he was born at [[Mukasa castle]]<!--穆佐--> in [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]]. He succeeded his father as ''[[shugo]]'' of [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]], [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], and Hyûga provinces in [[1425]]. Five years later, he pursued [[Shimazu Hisamori]] to his death; Hisamori killed himself at [[Tokumitsu castle]], marking the end of the Sôshû branch of the Shimazu, started by [[Shimazu Morohisa]] in the 1360s. This secured the dominance of Tadakuni's Ôshû branch, begun by Morohisa's younger brother [[Shimazu Ujihisa]], over all three provinces, and established the Ôshû branch as the chief Shimazu lineage.
When [[Ashikaga Gisho|Ashikaga Gishô]] lost the shogunal succession, and fled to Fukushima-in in Hyûga, Takakuni received orders from the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] to lead the punitive mission against him. A legend which emerged in later times has it that Tadakuni was named lord of [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû]] as a reward for successfully forcing Gishô's suicide (or assassinating him). No Shimazu ever exercised direct political control over Ryûkyû or deployed administrators there until the 17th century; however, at that time, the Shimazu claimed suzerainty over the islands stretching back to Tadakuni's grant from the shogunate in 1441.
Meanwhile, within the Shimazu domains, the [[Neshime clan|Neshime]] and [[Kimotsuki clan]]s continued to stand in rebellion, and once Tadakuni's younger brother [[Shimazu Mochihisa]] was appointed ''shugodai'' of [[Satsuma province]], he gained in power and also stood against Tadakuni. The shogunate later weakened the power of Mochihisa, however, and the two brothers reached a rapprochement by [[1448]]. Opposed also by his son [[Shimazu Tatsuhisa]], Tadakuni retired to Kaseda, and is sometimes said to have then fled to Ryûkyû.
Tadakuni died in [[1470]], at the age of 68. He was succeeded as head of the Shimazu clan by his second son [[Shimazu Tatsuhisa]]. His two other sons were [[Shimazu Hisayasu]] and [[Shimazu Tomohisa]]. Tadakuni is buried at the Shimazu clan cemetery at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]], alongside his wife.
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>[[Shimazu Hisatoyo]]
|width="35%"|'''Head of [[Shimazu clan]] & lord of [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]], [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], and [[Hyuga province|Hyûga provinces]]'''<br> [[1425]]-[[1470]]
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Shimazu Tatsuhisa]]'''
|}
</center>
{{stub}}
==References==
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/toushu/toushu09.html Shimazu Tadakuni]," ''Satsuma Shimazu-ke no rekishi'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B3%B6%E6%B4%A5%E5%BF%A0%E5%9B%BD-1080913 Shimazu Tadakuni]," ''Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten''.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B3%B6%E6%B4%A5%E5%BF%A0%E5%9B%BD-1080913 Shimazu Tadakuni]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha 2009.
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]