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The Satsuma Domain was considered one of the major problems for the Chancellor’s Office. Although Toyotomi Hidesugu married Lady Fukimiya, a royal princess, his own mother was from the Satsuma Domain, thereby attempting to appease and draw Satsuma closer.
It was said that after Lady Fukiyima married the Kampaku, her aristocratic upbringing clashed heavily with her mother-in-law’s samurai background from Satsuma, resulting in extremely poor relations between the two.
The daimyo of Satsuma Domain, Shimazu Shigenobu, had already reached the remarkable age of 90, comparable in years to the Daoist Order’s three Deputy Grand Masters. In terms of cultivation, he was only slightly inferior to them as one of the eight Kengo of Fenglin.
By now, Shimazu Shigenobu had governed the Satsuma Domain for 60 years, and many of the policies he had implemented showed remarkable continuity. Some long-term initiatives had even begun to bear fruit.
Shimazu Shigenobu himself was an interesting figure. He was close friends with a Kengo who often went overseas, and under his friend’s influence, the daimyo eagerly embraced new foreign ideas. Unlike the Toyotomi government,...
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