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*''Japanese'': [[島津]]光久 ''(Shimazu Mitsuhisa)''

Shimazu Mitsuhisa was the second [[Edo period]] daimyô of [[Satsuma han]]. He succeeded [[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu Iehisa]] as daimyô in [[1638]].

He was named Chamberlain (侍従, ''jijû'') in [[1631]], with the [[court ranks|rank]] of Lower Junior Fourth Rank at court, before being elevated to the Upper Junior Fourth Rank and the title of Minor Captain (少将, ''shôshô'') in [[1651]], and then Middle Captain (中将, ''chûshô'') in [[1673]].

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|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu Iehisa]]'''
|width="35%"|'''Lord of [[Satsuma han]]'''<br> [[1638]]-[[1687]]
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Shimazu Tsunataka]]'''
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==References==
*Kamiya Nobuyuki, ''Ryûkyû to Nihon, Chûgoku'' 琉球と日本・中国, Yamakawa Shuppansha (2008), 62.

[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
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