Shimazu Takahisa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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daimyo and fifteenth head of the Shimazu clan
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Place of Birth: Japan
About Shimazu Takahisa
- Shimazu Takahisa (?? ??, May 28, 1514 – July 15, 1571), the son of Shimazu Tadayoshi, was a daimyo during Japan's Sengoku period.
- He was the fifteenth head of the Shimazu clan. In 1514, he is said to have been born in Izaku Castle.
- On 1526, Takahisa was adopted as the successor to Shimazu Katsuhisa and became head of the clan.
- He launched a series of campaigns to reclaim three provinces: Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyuga.
- While he made some progress, it would be up to the next generation in the Shimazu family to successfully reclaim them.
- He nurtured such future leaders like Shimazu Yoshihisa and his brothers Yoshihiro, Toshihisa and Iehisa who would, for a short time, see the Shimazu clan take over the entire island of Kyushu; he is also said to have a daughter of unknown name. Takahisa actively promoted relationships with foreign people and countries.
- He was the first daimyo to bring Western firearms into Japan, following the shipwreck of a number of Portuguese on Tanegashima in 1543.
- In 1549, he welcomed St.
- Francis Xavier.
- He granted the Jesuit protection to spread Christianity in his domain, but later retracted his support of Christianity under pressure from local Buddhist monks.
- Takahisa also held a diplomatic relationship with the Ryukyu Kingdom. In 1549, he used "Portuguese-derived" firearms to take Kajiki.
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