Daimyo Shimazu Tadatsune

One of the Most Influential and Affluent Daimyo of the Early Edo Period

The Daimyo of Satsuma, (Kagoshima), Shimazu Tadatsune (November 27, 1576 – April 7, 1638) was among the most powerful lords of early Edo period feudal Japan. Tadatsune was the first Edo daimyo of Satsuma, and the first Japanese to rule over the Ryukyu Islands (now Okinawa).