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Shimazu Tadahisa, the Founder of the Shimazu Clan that Established a Powerful Samurai Family in Satsuma - His Biological Mother Was Minamoto No Yoritomo's Foster Brother

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On June 18, 1227 (the third year of the Karoku era), Shimazu Tadahisa, the first head of the Shimazu clan, passed away. The Shimazu clan is one of the "famous families since the Kamakura era," and when you look at the numbers like this, you can see how long the family has been. The history before Tadahisa is also quite old, and it is said that it can be traced back to the Hata clan, who were immigrants. They naturalized in the 3rd century, so by…
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On June 18, 1227 (the third year of the Karoku era), Shimazu Tadahisa, the first head of the Shimazu clan, passed away. The Shimazu clan is one of the "famous families since the Kamakura era," and when you look at the numbers like this, you can see how long the family has been. The history before Tadahisa is also quite old, and it is said that it can be traced back to the Hata clan, who were immigrants. They naturalized in the 3rd century, so by…

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BUSHOO!JAPAN(武将ジャパン) broke the news in on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
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