Shimazu Zuka (Toyohisa Shimazu Tomb)

Busho (Japanese military commander) famous for Shimazu's withdrawal

Original Text

It is famous that the Shimazu family joined the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara, but Shimazu was able to return his heels in front of the enemy and escape to Kagoshima. It is the grave of a military commander who fought hard at that time.

the grave of a master general who never stops giving flowers

Original Text

Tombstone of a relative who wanted to visit the shrine someday. From the big street, there are jumonji ridges everywhere on the Shimazu army's road. Tombstone is in the middle of Urasuzaka. There was a pot in the forest a few meters up from the street. It was said that the locals still have a memorial service from the neighbors, and the flowers are not being given away.

Surprisingly small

Original Text

It feels like you're walking along a well-maintained road in a dense forest, but for a solid guide ticket at the entrance, the grave itself was like a memorial tower smaller than I expected. Toyohisa Shimazu was a busho (Japanese military commander) in the Azuchi Momoyama period.

in the battle of sekigahara

Original Text

When there was the tomb of Toyohisa Shimazu, who lost his life, I saw a standing map called the road related to Shimazu on the way and headed in that direction. A magnificent stone monument and an old tomb piled with stones in a quiet grove. I put my hands together gently.

it is a historic site of kamiishizu.

Original Text

The tomb of Toyohisa Shimazu, who participated in the Western Army in the Battle of Sekigahara and died in Kamiishizu, who served as a Shingari to return General Yoshihisa Shimazu safely to Satsuma, is a little left from the national highway. There was a small grave quietly.