was the founder of the Shimazu

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clan. According to a record of his life, he was reportedly born in

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. He was initially but after being given the position of ''

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'' (land steward) of the

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, he took the name of Shimazu. Tadahisa was a son of the Shōgun

(1147–1199) by the sister of

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. He then received the domain of Shioda (

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) in 1186 and was then named ''

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'' of

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. He sent Honda Sadachika to take possession of the province in his name and accompanied Yoritomo in his expedition to Mutsu in 1189. He went to Satsuma in 1196, subdued Hyūga and

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s, and built a castle in the domain of Shimazu (Hyūga) which name he also adopted. He died in 1227 and was buried in Kamakura, near his father's tomb.

References

*Sansom, George (1961). ''A History of Japan: 1334-1615.'' Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. *Turnbull, Stephen (1998). ''The Samurai Sourcebook.'' London: Cassell & Co. {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimazu, Tadahisa 1227 deaths Daimyo Shimazu clan 12th-century Japanese people 13th-century Japanese people