Satsuma Province was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. Its abbreviation was Sasshū.
Satsuma earthenware tea storage jar (chatsubo) with paulownia and thunder pattern, late Edo period, circa 1800-1850
The Satsuma Domain, briefly known as the Kagoshima Domain, was a domain of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1600 to 1871.
Satsuma Province
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Former site of Kagoshima Castle in Kagoshima
A 150-pound Satsuma cannon, cast in 1849. It was mounted on Fort Tenpozan at Kagoshima. Caliber: 290 mm, length: 4220 mm
A daguerreotype of Shimazu Nariakira
Saigō Takamori, the last great warrior of the Satsuma, was one of the zealous supporters of the imperial restoration, but ended up leading the rebellion against the imperial government in 1877 that culminated in the destruction of the Satsuma clan and the end of the vestiges of feudal Japan's daimyos.