Shimazu Yoshihiro (Japanese Daimyo)

Last modified: 2023-06-03 by zachary harden
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Born: 1535
Died: 1619

by Jaume Ollé

In 1585, he conquered all of Kyushu except Chikuzen Province and Bungo Province.In the Battle of Sekigahara he belonged to the western force and lost the battle. The war banner has black background with a ten of brush script in white topped with a white Maneki small streaming flag. Another war banner was a white and black diagonally colored flag with a black family emblem on the upper white part. The family emblem is a black cross in a circle.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 20 February 2023

See also:

• Japan
• Daimyo flags, 15th - 17th century
• Osumi
• Satsuma