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Tanegashima clan

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The Tanegashima clan (種子島氏, Tanegashima-shi) is a Japanese clan that originated on Tanegashima Island, just south of Kyūshū. From the Sengoku era to the start of the Meiji era, the Tanegashima were retainers of the Shimazu clan of Satsuma Province.