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I Kimitsune was an [[Amami Islands]] official who served as ''[[yohito]]'' for at least two different areas on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] and made formal visits to [[Kagoshima castle]] on at least two occasions, in [[1838]] and [[1839]].

I Kimitsune was an [[Amami Islands]] official who served as ''[[yohito]]'' for at least two different areas on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] and made formal visits to [[Kagoshima castle]] on at least two occasions, in [[1838]] and [[1839]].

Adopted into the [[Ijuin clan|Ijûin clan]] of [[Shimazu clan]] ''[[karo|karô]]'' (House Elders),<ref name=notes>Notes by Ijûin Kanehiro (n.d.), unpublished.</ref> he was originally known as Ijûin Kimitsune but was obliged to shorten his family name to I, in accordance with [[Satsuma han]] policy that the family names of island elites (''shima shizoku'') could only be one ''[[kanji]]'' in length.<ref name=notes/> This policy helped construct or strengthen ideas of difference between islanders and "mainland" Japanese.

Adopted out of the [[Ijuin clan|Ijûin clan]] of [[Shimazu clan]] ''[[karo|karô]]'' (House Elders), he was originally known as Ijûin Kanesuke but changed it to I Kimitsune upon being adopted into the I family.<ref name=notes>Notes by Ijûin Kanehiro (n.d.), unpublished.</ref><ref name=box>Notes by Ijûin Kanehiro, inscribed on the inside of the storage box for the 1839 painting 「御慶事与人上国御目見之図」, owned by Ijûin Kanehiro.</ref> [[Satsuma han]] policy dictated that the family names of island elites (''shima shizoku'') could only be one ''[[kanji]]'' in length.<ref name=notes/> This policy helped construct or strengthen ideas of difference between islanders and "mainland" Japanese.

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