Shimazu (TWS2 faction)
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Campaign
Starting position
Initial challenge
Easy
Year
1545
Provinces
- Satsuma Stronghold
Treasury
3000
Introduction
The Shimazu are a proud clan, with a long history worthy of their pride. To the Shimazu, loyalty is everything, and their generals are less likely to develop ambitions of their own. Shimazu katana samurai are cheaper to recruit and maintain in the field than those of other clans; they can also recruit superior katana-armed samurai. The clan can trace its ancestry back to Minamoto Yoritomo, the founder and first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate. In 1187, Yoritomo appointed his son, Tadahisa, as military governor of southern Kyushu. The young man took the name of Shimazu in Hyuga province, his seat of government, as his own. Thanks to a well-organised army and administration, abundant local resources, and a certain distance between Kyushu and the Kamakura court, the Shimazu clan became rich and powerful. They did not, however, become hidebound: when their vassals in Tanegashima met a strange, shipwrecked people from the other side of the world, the Shimazu were quick to see that trade with these “nanban” Europeans might be worthwhile. Now, under the daimyo Shimazu Takahisa, the clan has a chance for true greatness. Their home province of Satsuma is secure, and they are at peace with the Sagara of Higo province to the north. Higo, however, is a tempting target for expansion because of the warhorses to be found there. There is the small matter of a war with the Ito clan in the provinces of Osumi and Hyuga, but once these local difficulties are resolved the distance from Kyushu to the shogun’s palace is not so great after all…
Masters of Integrity
- Reduced recruitment costs and upkeep for katana samurai
- Can recruit superior katana heroes
- Increased loyalty for all generals
- Can recruit superior katana samurai
Victory Conditions
Short Campaign
Become Shogun by capturing and holding Kyoto
Capture and hold 25 provinces, including the following: Bungo, Higo, Hyuga, Osumi, Satsuma, Kyoto
Complete by the end of your turn in: Winter 1580
Long Campaign
Become Shogun by capturing and holding Kyoto
Capture and hold 40 provinces, including the following: Bungo, Higo, Hyuga, Osumi, Satsuma, Kyoto
Complete by the end of your turn in: Winter 1600
Domination Campaign
Become Shogun by capturing and holding Kyoto
Capture and hold 60 provinces, including the following: Bungo, Higo, Hyuga, Osumi, Satsuma, Kyoto
Complete by the end of your turn in: Winter 1600