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Kimitsune was born into a family of "island elites" (''shima shizoku''), wealthy local officials on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]. They were related to the [[Ijuin clan|Ijûin clan]], top-ranking retainers to the [[Shimazu clan]] lords of [[Satsuma han]] (Kagoshima). In the time of Kimitsune's grandfather ([[I Kimitsune (13th)|I Kimitsune]], 13th head of the family), the family held some 100 ''chô'' of farmland in the Tekebu area of Amami, and had some 360 ''yanchu'' in their service.
Kimitsune was born into a family of "island elites" (''shima shizoku''), wealthy local officials on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]. They were related to the [[Ijuin clan|Ijûin clan]], top-ranking retainers to the [[Shimazu clan]] lords of [[Satsuma han]] (Kagoshima). In the time of Kimitsune's grandfather ([[I Kimitsune (13th)|I Kimitsune]], 13th head of the family), the family held some 100 ''chô'' of farmland in the Tekebu area of Amami, and had some 360 ''yanchu'' in their service.
During the three years when [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] lived in exile on Amami Ôshima (in [[1859]]-[[1862]]), Kimitsune is said to have developed a close, brotherly relationship with him. Takamori was in his 30s at that time; Kimitsune was in his 20s, and Kimitsune's younger brother Kimiyuki 喜美行 (adopted from the Ki 基 family) was in his teens. Saigô later became something of a godparent to Kimitsune's eldest daughter, playing a role in selecting her name, Hitsuchiyo.<ref>Ijûin Kanehiro 伊集院兼広, "Tekebu - I ke ni tsutawaru wadai" 「手花部・伊家に伝わる話題」, in ''Heisei 14 nen Hayashi Sokio zassan 5'' 平成十四年 林蘇喜男雑纂 5 (2002), 29.</ref>
In [[1870]], as the effects of the [[Meiji Restoration]] began to be felt in the Amami Islands, Kimitsune released his family's ''yanchu'' from his service, distributing plots of farmland to each of them to own and cultivate for themselves.
In [[1870]], as the effects of the [[Meiji Restoration]] began to be felt in the Amami Islands, Kimitsune released his family's ''yanchu'' from his service, distributing plots of farmland to each of them to own and cultivate for themselves.
==References==
==References==
*Hayashi Sokio 林蘇喜男, "Yohito I Kimitsune ni tsuite" 「与人・伊喜美恒について」, ''Heisei 14 nen Hayashi Sokio zassan 5'' 平成十四年 林蘇喜男雑纂 5 (2002), 22.
*Hayashi Sokio 林蘇喜男, "Yohito I Kimitsune ni tsuite" 「与人・伊喜美恒について」, ''Heisei 14 nen Hayashi Sokio zassan 5'' 平成十四年 林蘇喜男雑纂 5 (2002), 22.
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