The Shimazu clan were the daimyō of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.
Grave of Shimazu family at Mount Kōya.
Samurai of the Satsuma clan, during the Boshin War period (1868–1869)
Daimyo were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominally to the emperor and the kuge. In the term, dai (大) means 'large', and myō stands for myōden (名田), meaning 'private land'.
Shiba Yoshimasa of Shiba clan, one of the shugo-daimyo
Oda Nobunaga, a powerful daimyō during the Sengoku period.
Date Tanemune, a daimyō during the Sengoku period.
Date Munenari, eighth head of the Uwajima Domain