The Shimazu Estate (島津荘, Shimazu no shō) was a shōen (estate or manor) in southern Kyushu of Japan, covering large portions of Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga...

Tadamune Shimazu Sadahisa Shimazu Ujihisa Shimazu Motohisa Shimazu Hisatoyo Shimazu Tadakuni Shimazu Tatsuhisa Shimazu Tadamasa Shimazu Tadaharu Shimazu Tadataka...

Tanegashima became part of Shimazu Estate on southern Kyūshū. The Shimazu Estate was said to have established at Shimazu, Hyūga Province in 1020s and...

the position of jitō (land steward) of the Shimazu Estate by Minamoto no Yoritomo, he took the name of Shimazu. Tadahisa was a son of the Shōgun Minamoto...

Shimazu Yoshihisa (島津義久, February 9, 1533 – March 5, 1611) was a powerful daimyō and the 16th Chief of Shimazu clan of Satsuma Province, the eldest son...

of the Shimazu Estate, the largest medieval shōen of Japan. In the early Kamakura period, the positions of the land steward of the Shimazu Estate and the...

was appointed as jitō (land steward) of Shimazu Estate in 1185, from which he took the clan name. The Shimazu clan occupied the positions of shugo (military...

kami Terukuni Daimyōjin (照国大明神) in May 1863. Shimazu Nariakira was born at the Satsuma domain's estate in Edo, on April 28, 1809. From his mother, he...

Satsuma Domain was ruled for its existence by the Tozama daimyō of the Shimazu clan, who had ruled the Kagoshima area since the 1200s, and covered territory...

the estate, and adopted the name of the manor, thus founding the Shimazu clan. The area was ruled by the Hongō clan, a cadet branch of the Shimazu, in...