| Shimazu clan 島津氏 | |
|---|---|
_inverted.svg) The Shimazu clan mon | |
| Home province | Satsuma Ōsumi Hyūga |
| Parent house |  Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) |
| Founder | Shimazu Tadahisa |
| Final ruler | Shimazu Tadashige |
| Current head | Shimazu Nobuhisa |
| Founding year | 12th century (ca. 1196 AD) |
| Dissolution | still extant |
| Ruled until | 1947, Constitution of Japan renders titles obsolete |
The Shimazu clan (Japanese: 島津氏, Hepburn: Shimazu-shi) were the daimyō of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.
The Shimazu were identified as one of the tozama or outsider daimyō families[1] in contrast with the fudai or insider clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan.
- ^ Appert, Georges et al. (1888). Ancien Japon, pp. 77., p. 77, at Google Books