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*''Other Names'': 島津弾正 ''(Shimazu Danjou)''
*''Japanese'': [[島津]] 久慶 ''(Shimazu Hisayoshi)''
Shimazu Hisayoshi was a son-in-law of [[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu Iehisa]].
He was named by Iehisa to a number of prominent positions within the [[Satsuma han]] domainal government, and a letter of congratulations from Prince Gushikawa Chôjû of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], likely dating to around [[1634]], survives in the collection of the Kagoshima Prefectural History Museum (Reimeikan) today.
Hisayoshi was named a ''[[karo|karô]]'' in [[1663]].
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==References==
*"[https://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/ab23/reimeikan/josetsu/bumon/history/komonjjo/kgs06_s3_4.html Kume Gushikawa ôji Chôjû shojô]" 久米具志川王子朝重書状, Reimeikan Museum.
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]