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Shimazu Yoshitaka was the fourth [[Edo period]] daimyô of [[Satsuma han]].

Shimazu Yoshitaka was the fourth [[Edo period]] daimyô of [[Satsuma han]].

He was named Chamberlain (''jijû'') in [[1689]] and Minor Captain in [[1704]], with the [[court rank]] of Lower Junior Fourth Rank. He was then elevated to the title of Middle Captain in [[1710]], and to the Upper Junior Fourth Rank, before being raised to the Lower Senior Fourth Rank in [[1714]], keeping his title of Middle Captain.

He was named Chamberlain (''jijû'') in [[1689]] and Minor Captain in [[1704]], with the [[court rank]] of Lower Junior Fourth Rank. He was then elevated to the title of Middle Captain in [[1710]], and to the Upper Junior Fourth Rank, before being raised to the Lower Senior Fourth Rank in [[1714]], keeping his title of Middle Captain. This was the second highest rank any Shimazu lord achieved during the Edo period; he was matched only by [[Shimazu Narioki]], and exceeded only by [[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu (Tadatsune) Iehisa]].<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 101. </ref>

He was succeeded by his son [[Shimazu Tsugutoyo]]. Two of his other sons, [[Shimazu Tadaakira]] and [[Shimazu Tadanori]], became heads of the [[Imaizumi clan|Imaizumi]] and [[Shigetomi Shimazu clan|Shigetomi]] branch families, respectively.

He was succeeded by his son [[Shimazu Tsugutoyo]]. Two of his other sons, [[Shimazu Tadaakira]] and [[Shimazu Tadanori]], became heads of the [[Imaizumi clan|Imaizumi]] and [[Shigetomi Shimazu clan|Shigetomi]] branch families, respectively.

==References==

==References==

*Kamiya Nobuyuki, ''Ryûkyû to Nihon, Chûgoku'' 琉球と日本・中国, Yamakawa Shuppansha (2008), 62.

*Kamiya Nobuyuki, ''Ryûkyû to Nihon, Chûgoku'' 琉球と日本・中国, Yamakawa Shuppansha (2008), 62.

[[Category:Samurai]]

[[Category:Samurai]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]

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