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*''Japanese'': [[伊]] 喜美恒 ''(I Kimitsune)''
I Kimitsune was the 15th head of the I lineage. He was the third in the family to be named Kimitsune, after his father and grandfather.
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.
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 January [[1885]], he was elected to the [[Kagoshima prefecture|Kagoshima prefectural]] legislature.
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==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.
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