Western ArmyShimazu
Shimazu Yoshihiro
島津義弘
“The Demon Shimazu”
1535–1619 (aged 85)
- Rank / office
- Governor of Hyōgo
- Domain / base
- Satsuma
- Banner / crest
- Cross in a circle
- Battles in 3D
- 2 battles
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
To break through the enemy: that is the pride of the men of Satsuma.
Attributed to Shimazu Yoshihiro
Second of the four Shimazu brothers and the embodiment of the clan's martial spirit. At Kizakibaru he beat a much larger Itō army; at Mimigawa and Okitanawate the feigned-retreat ambush made his name. In Korea he drove off a huge Ming and Korean army at Sacheon. At Sekigahara he stood with the Western Army and, with defeat certain, charged straight through the enemy front and made it home to Satsuma.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1572Genki 3
Battle of Kizakibaru
Beat a large Itō army with a handful of men, earning the name "the Okehazama of Kyushu."
- 1578Tenshō 6
Mimigawa
Played the bait in the feigned retreat and led the Ōtomo army to annihilation.
Battle of Mimigawa 3,000 troops Watch in 3D › Played the "bait" in the centre, deliberately giving way to draw the Ōtomo on. Twenty-two years before his breakout at Sekigahara. - 1598Keichō 3
Battle of Sacheon
In Korea, defeated tens of thousands of Ming and Korean troops with a small force.
- 1600Keichō 5
The Shimazu breakout
With the Western Army collapsing, broke through the enemy centre and returned to Satsuma.
- 1600
Battle of Sekigahara
Held back in the centre of the line, then after the defeat broke straight through the enemy, escaped along the Ise Road and returned alive to Satsuma.
Sekigahara, Mino Province 1,500 troops Watch in 3D ›
