Background
Iehisa Shimazu was born in 1576. He was the third son of Yoshihiro.
家久 島津
Iehisa Shimazu was born in 1576. He was the third son of Yoshihiro.
In 1614, Iehisa was asked by Hideyori Toyotomi to fight on his side against Ieyasu but Iehisa refused. In 1634, he moved to Edo together with his wife and children, thus becoming the first daimyo from Kyushu to bring his family to the Shogunate capital.