Shimazu Toshihisa

• Born: 1537
• Died: 1592
• Titles: Saemon no kami
• Other names: Matarokurô
• Distinction: Shimazu retainer

Toshihisa was the 3rd son of Shimazu Takahisa. A reliable soldier, he fought in a number of his elder brother Yoshihisa's campaigns and in 1580 was awarded the former domain of the Keto-in in Satsuma province as his fief. In 1592 he joined those retainers who resisted the call to duty in the Korean Campaign and committed suicide when his brother Shimazu Yoshihiro's forces came to punish them.

References

• Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005