known, but after Hideyoshi granted Hosokawa Fujitaka a retirement estate at Osumi Province in 1595, Fujitaka taught him classic literatures, and Kampaku Konoe Wakihisa, who was skilled in waka and renga, is believed to have frequented Yoshihisa's house. He initially looked favourably on Christian missionaries such as Luís de Almeida. After his domain was split up by Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu invited Yoshihisa to Fushimi Castle. Ieyasu and his retainers repeatedly asked Yoshihisa how he managed to unify Kyushu; eventually, Yoshihisa relented, saying that he won his victories through his retainers - "[Because] my three younger brothers, led by Yoshihiro, as well as retainers like Uwai Satokane and Yamada Arinobu, fought so well united under the same goal, I never had a chance to show my bravery in a battle. I only had to wait in the castle for news brought by messengers of their victories". After Yoshihisa left, Ieyasu told his retainers that - "[Yoshihisa had, as] a general let retainers under him work to the best of their abilities. This is how a great general should be". Death On January 21 in 1611, he died of illness in Kokubu Castle. Posthumously, he was named 貫明存忠庵主. He was buried at what had once been the site of Fukushoji in Kagoshima - his tombstone remains, along with those of the other leaders of his clan. There are also monuments built in his memory at Kokubun, Ima Kumano Kannonji (今熊野観音寺) in Kyoto, and Koyasan. Though there is no portrait of Yoshihisa remaining, there is a bronze figure of Yoshihisa at the Taiheiji, depicting his surrender to Hideyoshi. The statue was produced after he died. Notable retainers Shimazu clan Shimazu Yoshihiro Shimazu Toshihisa Shimazu Iehisa Shimazu Tadanaga Other Niiro Tadamoto Yamada Arinobu Uwai Satokane Ei Hisatora Ijūin Tadamune Hongo Tokihisa Hongo Tadatora References 1533 births 1611 deaths Daimyo Shimazu clan People from Kagoshima Prefecture