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* ''Born: [[1537]]''
* ''Died: [[1592]]''
* ''Titles: Saemon no kami''
* ''Other names: Matarokurô''
* ''Distinction: [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] retainer''
Toshihisa was the 3rd son of [[Shimazu Takahisa]]. A reliable soldier, he fought in a number of his elder brother [[Shimazu Yoshihisa|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|Shimazu Yoshihiro's]] forces came to punish them.
==References==
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