Kimitsune was first cousins with [[Shimazu Hisataka|Shimazu Bungo Hisataka]], an influential ''[[karo|karô]]'' of the 1830s-50s. Kimitsune's mother, the eldest daughter of a member of the "main" Shimazu family lineage, had married into the Ijûin clan, while her younger sister married into the Shimazu Bungo lineage; Hisataka was a son of this younger sister.<ref name=notes/> | Kimitsune was first cousins with [[Shimazu Hisataka|Shimazu Bungo Hisataka]], an influential ''[[karo|karô]]'' of the 1830s-50s. Kimitsune's mother, the eldest daughter of a member of the "main" Shimazu family lineage, had married into the Ijûin clan, while her younger sister married into the Shimazu Bungo lineage; Hisataka was a son of this younger sister.<ref name=notes/> |