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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.).</ref> he was originally known as Ijûin Kimitsune but was obliged to shorten his family name to I when he was assigned to Amami, in accordance with [[Satsuma han]] policy that the family names of island elites (''shima shizoku'') could only be one ''[[kanji]]'' in length.<ref>Notes by Ijûin Kanehiro.</ref> This policy helped construct or strengthen ideas of difference between islanders and "mainland" Japanese.

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Notes by Ijûin Kanehiro (n.d.), unpublished.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 when he was assigned to Amami, in accordance with [[Satsuma han]] policy that the family names of island elites (''shima shizoku'') could only be one ''[[kanji]]'' in length.<ref>Notes by Ijûin Kanehiro.</ref> This policy helped construct or strengthen ideas of difference between islanders and "mainland" Japanese.

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