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Shimazu clan
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The Shimazu clan (Japanese: 島津氏, Hepburn: Shimazu-shi) were the daimyō of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.
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Shimazu clan 島津氏 | |
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Home province | Satsuma Ōsumi Hyūga |
Parent house | ![]() |
Founder | Shimazu Tadahisa |
Final ruler | Shimazu Tadashige |
Current head | Shimazu Nobuhisa |
Founding year | 12th century (ca. 1196 AD) |
Dissolution | still extant |
Ruled until | 1947, Constitution of Japan renders titles obsolete |
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The Shimazu were identified as one of the tozama or outsider daimyō families[1] in contrast with the fudai or insider clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan.