Shimazu Iehisa

Shimazu Iehisa (島津 家久, 1547 – July 10, 1587) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who was a member of the Shimazu clan of Satsuma Province.

[1] He served in a command capacity during his family's campaign to conquer Kyūshū.

He was nephew of 'Ten'ei-in' (wife of Tokugawa Ienobu) from his mother side and later he married Kamehime and daughter of Shimazu Yoshitaka, Mitsuhime.

There is a theory that he was poisoned when he visited Toyotomi Hidenaga's camp.

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