Shimazu is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Esther Shimazu
Esther Shimazu is an American sculptor who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1957. Her grandparents were immigrant laborers from Japan. She attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa before transferring to the University of Massachusetts Amherst ...
(born 1957), American/Hawaiian sculptor
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Saeko Shimazu
is a Japanese actress, Voice acting in Japan, voice actress and narrator from Isehara, Kanagawa, Isehara. Shimazu is notable for having had voice roles in all four of the major anime television series based on the works of Rumiko Takahashi - she ...
(born 1959), Japanese voice actress
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Shimazu clan
The were the ''daimyō'' of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.
The Shimazu were identified as one of the '' tozama'' or outsider ''daimyō'' familiesAppert, Georges ''et al.'' (1888). in contr ...
, ''daimyō'' of the Satsuma han
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Shimazu Hisamitsu (1817-1887), Japanese samurai prince
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Shimazu Katsuhisa (1503-1573), the fourteenth head of the Shimazu clan
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Shimazu Nariakira (1809-1858), Japanese feudal lord (''daimyō'')
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Shimazu Tadahisa (died 1227), founder of the Shimazu clan
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Shimazu Tadatsune (1576-1638), Tozama daimyō of Satsuma
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Shimazu Tadayoshi (1493-1568), ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of Satsuma
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Shimazu Takahisa
, a son of Shimazu Tadayoshi, was a ''daimyō'' during Japan's Sengoku period. He was the fifteenth head of the Shimazu clan.
Biography
In 1514, he is said to have been born in Izaku Castle. On 1526, Takahisa was adopted as the successor to ...
(1514-1571), ''daimyō'' during Japan's Sengoku period
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Shimazu Toshihisa (1537-1592), senior retainer to the Shimazu clan
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Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535-1619), general of the Shimazu clan
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Shimazu Yoshihisa (1533-1611), ''daimyō'' of Satsuma
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Takako Shimazu (born 1939), Japanese princess
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Yasujirō Shimazu (1897–1945), Japanese film director
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Japanese-language surnames