Prince Shimazu Hisamitsu , also known as Shimazu Saburō , was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period.
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Prince Shimazu Hisamitsu , also known as Shimazu Saburō , was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. The younger brother of Shimazu Nariakira, Hisamitsu was the virtual sovereign and strongman of Satsuma Domain while serving as regent for his underage son Tadayoshi, who became the 12th and last daimyō of Satsuma Domain. Hisamitsu was instrumental in the efforts of the southern Satsuma, Chōshū, and Tosa clans to bring down the Tokugawa Shogunate. He held the court title of Ōsumi no Kami (大隈守).
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Lived 1817 to 1887 · aged 70
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