(otherwise known as Hisachika)Stephen Turnbull (19 February 2013). The Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 and 1281. Osprey Publishing. p. 23. . Retrieved 16 April 2013. was a mid-Kamakura period samurai and the third head of the Shimazu clan. He served as a Kamakura shogunate gokenin and succeeded his father Shimazu Tadatoshi as clan head.
During the Mongol invasions of Japan, Hisatsune defended Hakata Bay alongside Shōni Kagesuke during the Battle of Kōan. He died in 1284.Stephen Turnbull (19 February 2013). The Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 and 1281. Osprey Publishing. p. 40, 86. . Retrieved 16 April 2013.
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