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* ''[[Ito Yoshisuke|Itô Yoshisuke]] vs. [[Shimazu Yoshihiro]]'' ...was a [[Sengoku period]] battle fought between the [[Ito clan|Itô]] and [[Shimazu clan]]s at Kizakihara in [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]] (today, Ebino C

[[File:Shimazuyoshihiro-armor.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A replica of Shimazu Yoshihiro's armor, on display at [[Sengan'en]]]] * ''Sons: [[Shimazu Hisayasu]], [[Shimazu Tadatsune]] (Iehisa)''

*''Japanese'': [[島津]]亀寿 ''(Shimazu Kameju)'' ...the [[Shimazu clan]], and wife to the 18th clan head, [[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu Iehisa]].

* ''Distinction: [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] retainer ...g the news of the victory to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. He accompanied [[Shimazu Yoshihiro]] to the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] in [[1600]]. When the western forces were

...ataka]] (under the command of [[Otomo Sorin|Ôtomo Sôrin]]) (50,000+) vs. [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]] (30,000) ...ince|Hyûga province]] taken by the [[Shimazu clan]] in the early stages of Shimazu efforts to conquer all of [[Kyushu]].

* [[Shimazu Yoshihiro]] (50,000) vs. [[Takahashi Shigetane]] (760) ...586]] siege of [[Iwaya castle]] was a battle which took place as part of [[Shimazu clan]] efforts to take control of all of [[Kyushu]].

[[File:Shimazu-iehisa-1576.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Grave of Shimazu Iehisa (Tadatsune) at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]]]] * ''Sons: [[Shimazu Tadayuki]]''

...:Shimazu-takahisa.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Shimazu Takahisa's grave, at the [[Shimazu clan]] cemetery at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]]]] * ''Sons: [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]], [[Shimazu Yoshihiro]], [[Shimazu Iehisa]], [[Shimazu Toshihisa]]''

...umae were an offshoot of the [[Takeda clan|Takeda]], founded by [[Kakizaki Yoshihiro]] ([[1550]]-[[1618]]), and descended more distantly from the [[Ando clan|An ...r submitted to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and were confirmed in their holdings by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].

...n for [[Shimazu Tadatsune]] to succeed Yoshihisa, and guarantees [[Shimazu Yoshihiro]]'s position. * [[Shimazu Iehisa]] suppresses the [[Shonai Rebellion|Shônai Rebellion]].

* [[Kakizaki Yoshihiro]] changes his surname and establishes the [[Matsumae clan]]. ...]], construction begins on the inner moat of [[Kanazawa castle]], overseen by [[Takayama Ukon]].

...province|Ôsumi province]], at Ichiô's suggestion. He was then recommended by Ichiô in [[1481]] for the position of head of Ryûgen-ji in Fukushima in H ...e he lectured on the [[Great Learning]] at Tôfuku-ji, and was then sent as Yoshihiro's messenger to meet with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] at [[Sunpu]] in [[1603]].

*[[Muso Soseki|Musô Soseki]] is invited by [[Emperor Go-Daigo]] to become the chief abbot of [[Nanzen-ji]]. *Swordsmith [[Go Yoshihiro]] dies (b. [[1299]]).

...Kagoshima]], which served as the family temple (''[[bodaiji]]'') for the [[Shimazu clan]]. At its height, it was the largest temple in [[Satsuma han|Satsuma d ...hern Kyushu, as well as a ''chokuganjo'', a prayer hall that could be used by the [[Emperor]]. Fukushô-ji branch temples were established in numerous lo

...of Takabaru]] in [[1576]]. The following year, driven out of Hyûga by the Shimazu (who defeated him at the [[battle of Tozaki-Kamiya]] that year), he fled to *"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/word/family32.html Itô Yoshisuke], ''Satsuma Shimazu-ke no rekishi'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.

...oss ''[[kamon|mon]]'', seen above a replica of [[Shimazu Yoshihiro|Shimazu Yoshihiro's]] armor, on display at [[Sengan'en]]]] *''Japanese'': [[島津]]家 ''(Shimazu-ke)''

*''Built: [[1602]]-[[1606]], [[Shimazu Iehisa]]'' ...maru castle, also known as Kagoshima castle, was the chief castle of the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han]]. It sat up against Mt. Shiroyama, facing out towa

...mb|right|320px|The grave of Shimazu Yoshihisa, located alongside that of [[Shimazu Takahisa|his father]], at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]]]] * ''Distinction: 16th Lord of the [[Shimazu clan]]''

...Sun, while Sôan’s translator, a native of Nanjing, is given in the records by his Japanese name, Jirôsan <!--次良三-->. Much of this crew had served ...is crew to possibly be spies. Mao Guoke attempted to resolve the situation by, in part, justifying to the suspicious Ming officials that the 20 Satsuma w

...e famous today, was a confederation known as [[Yamatai]], ruled for a time by Queen [[Himiko]]. ...ks, a more organized defense was established for Kyushu, centrally managed by an administrative headquarters at [[Dazaifu]], just outside what is today t

This page is a partial list of the most famous samurai swords, ordered by name of the owner. Most of those listed belonged to several owners during t ...Sukezane, by the [[Kamakura period]] swordsmith Sukezane. Previously held by the [[Kii Tokugawa clan]]; now held at [[Tokyo National Museum]]. [[Nationa

...lties, as Ryûkyû had little military strength, and its people were ordered by their king to surrender and to spare themselves any bloodshed. ...tribute|tributary]] relationship with China, until it was formally annexed by Japan in 1879 as [[Okinawa Prefecture]].

...2014.</ref> Developed in the early 15th century, it came to be patronized by the samurai class, and especially the [[Muromachi shogunate|Muromachi]] and ...sent in the world (setting/plot) of the play, they are meant to be ignored by the audience, though they make little overt effort to hide themselves.

...time he is married to a woman known as [[Nene]] (or O-ne); his mother had by now remarried, and through her marriage to a certain [[Chikuami]] produced ...at the local Kunimoto firearms factory (established some years previously by the Asai and Asakura). With Nobunaga engaged in almost constant warfare, Hi

...], Motonobu was married to a daughter of [[Sekiguchi Chikanaga]] (aka Sena Yoshihiro), a vassal of the Imagawa who was a hostage alongside him. She later came t ...stance, Motoyasu had brought in much-needed supplies to a beleaguered fort by tricking the bulk of the attackers into marching away to face a non-existen