The Shimazu clan (島津氏, Shimazu-shi?) were the daimyō of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.
The Shimazu were identified as one of the tozama or outsider daimyō familes in contrast with the fudai or insider clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan.
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