Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma Domain

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The Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma Domain were a powerful feudal family that ruled southern Kyushu and played a major role in Japanese politics, warfare, and the Meiji Restoration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese feudal lords ⓘ
daimyo family ⓘ
samurai clan ⓘ
annexed Ryukyu Kingdom in 1609 ⓘ
capital Kagoshima ⓘ
linked to: Kagoshima City
castleTown Kagoshima Castle ⓘ
clanName Shimazu ⓘ
controlledVassal Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
economicBase maritime trade ⓘ
sugar production ⓘ
foreignRelations maintained covert contacts with the Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
governanceStyle strong domainal autonomy ⓘ
houseName House of Shimazu ⓘ
linked to: Shimazu
keyRoleIn Satsuma-Choshu alliance ⓘ
linked to: Satchō Alliance

overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
kokudaka among the highest in Japan outside the Tokugawa ⓘ
legacy significant influence on early Meiji government ⓘ
symbol of southern Kyushu regional identity ⓘ
mainProvince Hyuga Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osumi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Satsuma Province ⓘ
militaryStrength one of the strongest domains in the Edo period ⓘ
notableLord Shimazu Hisamitsu ⓘ
Shimazu Iehisa ⓘ
Shimazu Tadahisa ⓘ
Shimazu Tadayoshi ⓘ
Shimazu Tadayoshi (Meiji-era daimyo) ⓘ
linked to: Shimazu Tadayoshi

Shimazu Takahisa ⓘ
Shimazu Yoshihiro ⓘ
Shimazu Yoshihisa ⓘ
participatedIn Satsuma Rebellion (as former retainers and samurai) ⓘ
linked to: Satsuma Rebellion
periodActive Azuchi–Momoyama period ⓘ
Edo period ⓘ
Muromachi period ⓘ
Sengoku period ⓘ
early Meiji period ⓘ
politicalAlignment tozama daimyo ⓘ
politicalPower major tozama daimyo ⓘ
producedLeader Okubo Toshimichi ⓘ
linked to: Ōkubo Toshimichi

Saigo Takamori ⓘ
linked to: Saigō Takamori
regionRuled Satsuma Domain ⓘ
linked to: Kagoshima Domain

southern Kyushu ⓘ
roleInHistory major role in Japanese politics ⓘ
major role in Japanese warfare ⓘ
major role in the Meiji Restoration ⓘ
socialClass buke (warrior class) ⓘ
statusUnderTokugawa semi-autonomous tozama domain ⓘ
supported imperial cause during the Bakumatsu ⓘ

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Chikako Shimazu → hasAncestor → Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma Domain ⓘ
Sanjo Sanetomi → associatedWith → Satsuma Domain leaders ⓘ
linked to: Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma Domain