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It was established in the 1020s, when [[Taira no Suemoto]], an official at the [[Dazaifu]], was granted the land by ''[[Kanpaku]]'' [[Fujiwara no Yorimichi]]. The estate's center was at a place called Shimazu, within Morokata district, in [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]] (today, the Moromoto area in [[Miyakonojo|Miyakonojô]] city, [[Miyazaki prefecture]]), and so the whole estate came to be called "Shimazu." Over time, the estate grew to include parts of the neighboring provinces of [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]] and [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]].

It was established in the 1020s, when [[Taira no Suemoto]], an official at the [[Dazaifu]], was granted the land by ''[[Kanpaku]]'' [[Fujiwara no Yorimichi]]. The estate's center was at a place called Shimazu, within Morokata district, in [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]] (today, the Moromoto area in [[Miyakonojo|Miyakonojô]] city, [[Miyazaki prefecture]]), and so the whole estate came to be called "Shimazu." Over time, the estate grew to include parts of the neighboring provinces of [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]] and [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]].

In [[1185]], [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] and the [[Konoe family]] named [[Shimazu Tadahisa|Koremune Tadahisa]] ''geshi'' (or ''gesu'', 下司職) for that territory.

In [[1185]], [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] and the [[Konoe family]] named [[Shimazu Tadahisa|Koremune Tadahisa]] ''geshi'' (or ''gesu'', 下司職) for that territory. Tadahisa was later named ''[[jito|jitô]]'', and at some point took on the name "Shimazu," from the name of the estate. He lost his position as ''jitô'' in [[1203]] in an incident concerning the [[Hiki clan]], eventually regaining it, but over only the portion of the territory lying within Satsuma province. Until the fall of the [[Kamakura shogunate]] in [[1333]], the remainder of the territory was administered by relatives of the [[Hojo clan (Hojo Regents)|Hôjô]].