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* ''Sons: [[Shimazu Yoshitora]], [[Shimazu Tadatoshi]] (Shikibu daisuke; 1508-1549)''

* ''Sons: [[Shimazu Yoshitora]], [[Shimazu Tadatoshi]] (Shikibu daisuke; 1508-1549)''

* ''Distinction: [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] retainer''

* ''Distinction: [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] retainer''

* ''Japanese'': [[島津]]実久 ''(Shimazu Sanehisa)''

* ''Japanese'': [[島津]]実久 ''(Shimazu Sanehisa)''

Sanehisa, lord of [[Izumi castle]] in [[Satsuma province]], rebelled against [[Shimazu Katsuhisa]] in [[1526]] and attempted to establish himself as an independent power. He fought with the [[Iriki-in]] and in [[1539]] suffered the loss of a number of his forts, including [[Ichiku castle|Ichiku]] and [[Momotsugi castle|Momotsugi]].  

Shimazu Sanehisa, lord of [[Izumi castle]] in [[Satsuma province]], rebelled against [[Shimazu Katsuhisa]] in [[1526]] and attempted to establish himself as an independent power.  

 

Born of illegitimate [[Shimazu clan]] descent, he rebelled against Shimazu Katsuhisa when the latter decided to name [[Shimazu Takahisa]] his heir. Fighting for the succession, he attacked [[Kagoshima castle]]. Though he managed to hold off the Sôshû Shimazu for some time, [[Shimazu Tadayoshi (Soshu)|Shimazu Tadayoshi]] and Takahisa gradually expanded their territory; Sanehisa fought with the [[Iriki-in clan]] and in [[1539]] suffered a number of losses at [[battle of Kaseda|Kaseda]], [[Ichiki castle|Ichiki]], and [[battle of Murasakibaru|Murasakibaru]], in which he was driven out of [[Kagoshima]].

 

Sanehisa later traveled to [[Kyoto]], where he mingled with members of the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] and Imperial Court both. He returned to Kagoshima in [[1553]], and died of illness shortly afterward.  

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