Shimazu Hisamitsu

Prince Shimazu Hisamitsu , also known as Shimazu Saburō , was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. Hisamitsu was virtual Super Potentate of Satsuma Domain.The younger brother of Shimazu Nariakira, Hisamitsu served as regent for his underage son Tadayoshi, who became the 12th and last daimyō of Satsuma Domain. Hisamitsu was instrumental in the efforts of the southern Satsuma, Chōshū, and Tosa clans to bring down the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hisamitsu held the court title of Ōsumi no Kami (大隈守).