Cut Into Stone
Shimazu (島津) was the family name of the daimyo of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Osumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.
(wikipedia)
The Shimazu were the military rulers of Japan starting with Shimazu Tadahisa (1179–1227) About 2/3 of the way through the history of the 33 Shimazu, Shimazu Tadatsune submitted his power to the first Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, in 1603. After 1603 there were 13 more Shimazu, but without the power of the first 20. In all there were 33 Shimazu ending with Shimazu Tadashige. (the man remembered by this stone monument in Kagoshima Prefecture)
(www.pondkoi.com/tokugawa_shoguns.htm)
Cut Into Stone
Shimazu (島津) was the family name of the daimyo of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Osumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.
(wikipedia)
The Shimazu were the military rulers of Japan starting with Shimazu Tadahisa (1179–1227) About 2/3 of the way through the history of the 33 Shimazu, Shimazu Tadatsune submitted his power to the first Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, in 1603. After 1603 there were 13 more Shimazu, but without the power of the first 20. In all there were 33 Shimazu ending with Shimazu Tadashige. (the man remembered by this stone monument in Kagoshima Prefecture)
(www.pondkoi.com/tokugawa_shoguns.htm)