The Shimazu family in the present Kagoshima Prefecture controlled Satsuma province for roughly four centuries prior to the beginning of the Edo period and the establishment of the han , and towards the end of the 16th century , controlled nearly all of Kyushu .
The Shimazu family in the present Kagoshima Prefecture controlled Satsuma province for roughly four centuries prior to the beginning of the Edo period and the establishment of the han . 
 Towards the end of the 16th century , the Shimazu controlled nearly all of Kyushu .