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*''Died: [[1227]]/6/18''

*''Died: [[1227]]/6/18''

*''Titles: ''[[shugo]]'' of Satsuma; "Lord of the Twelve Southern Islands"''

*''Titles: ''[[shugo]]'' of Satsuma; "Lord of the Twelve Southern Islands"''

*''Japanese'': 島津忠久 ''(Shimazu Tadahisa)''

*''Japanese'': [[島津]]忠久 ''(Shimazu Tadahisa)''

 

Shimazu Tadahisa was the founder of the [[Shimazu clan]], and of the clan's claims to both [[Satsuma province]] and the [[Ryukyu Islands]]. He was named ''[[shugo]]'' (military governor) of Satsuma by [[Shogun]] [[Minamoto Yoritomo]] in [[1187]], and was named "Lord of the Twelve Southern Islands", an oblique reference to the Ryukyus, in [[1206]]<ref>Turnbull, Stephen. ''The Samurai Capture a King: Okinawa 1609''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2009. p7.</ref>. The Shimazu would never actually exercise any direct administration or governance in, nor receive any taxes or tribute from, the Ryukyus until after [[1609]], but this centuries-old claim to the territory nevertheless was employed by the Shimazu in their justifications for the [[invasion of Ryukyu]] in that year.

Shimazu Tadahisa was the founder of the [[Shimazu clan]], and of the clan's claims to both [[Satsuma province]] and the [[Ryukyu Islands]]. He was named ''[[shugo]]'' (military governor) of Satsuma by [[Shogun]] [[Minamoto Yoritomo]] in [[1187]], and was named "Lord of the Twelve Southern Islands", an oblique reference to the Ryukyus, in [[1206]]<ref>Turnbull, Stephen. ''The Samurai Capture a King: Okinawa 1609''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2009. p7.</ref>. The Shimazu would never actually exercise any direct administration or governance in, nor receive any taxes or tribute from, the Ryukyus until after [[1609]], but this centuries-old claim to the territory nevertheless was employed by the Shimazu in their justifications for the [[invasion of Ryukyu]] in that year.