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Born in Tira-chô, [[Shuri]], [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]], he attended [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]], graduating from the law school in [[1909]]. Two years later, he traveled to England with [[Kazoku|Marquis]] [[Sho Sho|Shô Shô]] to study politics and economics at Oxford University. Returning to Japan in 1915, he was granted a position in the [[Ministry of Finance]]. In 1931, he became head of the Nagoya Government Monopoly Office; he was reassigned to the equivalent Tokyo office the following year.

Born in Tira-chô, [[Shuri]], [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]], he attended [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]], graduating from the law school in [[1909]]. Two years later, he traveled to England with [[Kazoku|Marquis]] [[Sho Sho|Shô Shô]] to study politics and economics at Oxford University. Returning to Japan in 1915, he was granted a position in the [[Ministry of Finance]]. In 1931, he became head of the Nagoya Government Monopoly Office; he was reassigned to the equivalent Tokyo office the following year.

Kamiyama resigned from government service in 1936 and became the head of the [[Kyoto]] ''Okinawa kenjinkai'' (association of people from [[Okinawa prefecture]]), leading efforts to promote development in Okinawa. He later became head of the equivalent association in the Tokyo/Kantô area.

Kamiyama resigned from government service in 1936 and became the head of the [[Kyoto]] ''Okinawa kenjinkai'' (association of people from [[Okinawa prefecture]]), leading efforts to promote development in Okinawa. He later became head of the equivalent association in the Tokyo/Kantô area. Kamiyama married a daughter of [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]], the last king of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]; a number of lacquerwares and other items associated with the royal family and owned by the family are now held at the [[Naha City Museum of History]] as the ''Kamiyama ke shiryô'' (Kamiyama Family Materials).<ref>Gallery labels, Naha City Museum of History.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49599018858/in/photostream/]</ref>

After the end of World War II, Kamiyama became the head of several different Okinawan associations, including the ''Okinawa sokoku fukki sokushin kyôgikai'' 沖縄祖国復帰促進協議会 (Council for the Advancement of the Reversion of Okinawa to the Home Country), contributing to negotiations with the national government to try to bring about the end of the Occupation in Okinawa and the reversion of Okinawa to inclusion within the Japanese state.

After the end of World War II, Kamiyama became the head of several different Okinawan associations, including the ''Okinawa sokoku fukki sokushin kyôgikai'' 沖縄祖国復帰促進協議会 (Council for the Advancement of the Reversion of Okinawa to the Home Country), contributing to negotiations with the national government to try to bring about the end of the Occupation in Okinawa and the reversion of Okinawa to inclusion within the Japanese state.

*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%A5%9E%E5%B1%B1%20%E6%94%BF%E8%89%AF-1642600 Kamiyama Seiryô]," ''20 seiki Nihon jinmei jiten'', Nichigai Associates.

*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%A5%9E%E5%B1%B1%20%E6%94%BF%E8%89%AF-1642600 Kamiyama Seiryô]," ''20 seiki Nihon jinmei jiten'', Nichigai Associates.

*"[https://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-40959.html Kamiyama Seiryô]," ''Okinawa compact encyclopedia'', Ryukyu Shimpo, 2003.

*"[https://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-40959.html Kamiyama Seiryô]," ''Okinawa compact encyclopedia'', Ryukyu Shimpo, 2003.

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