Shimazu

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Japanese noble family Japanese surname daimyō daimyō clan samurai samurai clan samurai clan name

Shimazu is a Japanese surname historically associated with a powerful samurai clan that ruled the Satsuma Domain.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Shimazu clan	8
Shimazu Tadahisa	0
Shimazu family	2
Satsuma clan	1
Shimazu Yoshihiro	0
Shimazu Yoshihisa	0

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese noble family ⓘ Japanese surname ⓘ daimyō ⓘ daimyō clan ⓘ samurai ⓘ samurai clan ⓘ samurai clan name ⓘ
alliedWith	Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedClan	Shimazu clan NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Satsuma Rebellion (indirectly through former retainers) NERFINISHED ⓘ
clanFounder	Shimazu Tadahisa NERFINISHED ⓘ
clanOrigin	Heian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledRegion	Hyūga (part) NERFINISHED ⓘ Satsuma NERFINISHED ⓘ Ōsumi NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalInfluence	played key role in early Meiji modernization ⓘ
domainCapital	Kagoshima NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyCrest	cross in a circle (Shimazu mon) ⓘ
familyName	Shimazu NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedDomainType	han ⓘ
homeProvince	Satsuma Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Japanese ⓘ
mainCastle	Kagoshima Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableConflict	Imjin War NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyushu Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableDaimyo	Shimazu Iehisa NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimazu Nariakira NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimazu Yoshihiro NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimazu Yoshihisa NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePeriod	Azuchi–Momoyama period NERFINISHED ⓘ Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ Sengoku period ⓘ
notablePolicy	early adoption of Western technology in Satsuma ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Sekigahara NERFINISHED ⓘ
postMeijiStatus	kazoku peerage NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Kyushu NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Shinto ⓘ
retainedControlUntil	Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	founder of the Shimazu clan ⓘ
ruledDomain	Satsuma Domain NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialClass	buke (warrior class) ⓘ
statusDuringEdo	tozama daimyō ⓘ
stipendRank	one of the largest domains in Edo period Japan ⓘ
submittedTo	Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem	kanji ⓘ