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Shimazu Tsunahisa was the eldest son of [[Shimazu Mitsuhisa]],<ref>Stone marker at gravesite.</ref> and held the [[court rank]] of Lower Junior Fourth Rank. He was named Chamberlain (侍従, ''jijû'') in [[1651]].

Shimazu Tsunahisa was the eldest son of [[Shimazu Mitsuhisa]],<ref>Stone marker at gravesite.</ref> and held the [[court rank]] of Lower Junior Fourth Rank. He was named Chamberlain (侍従, ''jijû'') in [[1651]].

When Mitsuhisa fell ill in [[1649]], Tsunahisa served as proxy for his father escorting that year's [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]] and engaging in various formal ceremonial interactions with the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] in conjunction with that embassy on behalf of his father.<ref>Fujii Jôji (ed.), ''Edo bakufu nikki - Himeji Sakai ke bon'', vol. 23, Tokyo: Yumani Shobo (2004), 142.</ref> He died, however, in [[1673]] prior to succeeding his father as lord of Satsuma; upon Mitsuhisa's death in [[1694]], he was succeeded by Tsunahisa's son [[Shimazu Tsunataka]].<ref>''Kaiyô kokka Satsuma'' 海洋国家薩摩, Kagoshima: Shôkoshûseikan (2010), 58-59.</ref>

When Mitsuhisa fell ill in [[1649]], Tsunahisa served as proxy for his father escorting that year's [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]] and engaging in various formal ceremonial interactions with the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] in conjunction with that embassy on behalf of his father.<ref>Fujii Jôji (ed.), ''Edo bakufu nikki - Himeji Sakai ke bon'', vol. 23, Tokyo: Yumani Shobo (2004), 142.</ref> He died, however, in [[1673]] prior to succeeding his father as lord of Satsuma; upon Mitsuhisa's retirement in [[1687]], he was succeeded by Tsunahisa's son [[Shimazu Tsunataka]].<ref>''Kaiyô kokka Satsuma'' 海洋国家薩摩, Kagoshima: Shôkoshûseikan (2010), 58-59.</ref>

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