Kawakami Shikibu

  • Other Names: 久美 (Kumi)
  • Japanese: 川上 式部 (Kawakami Shikibu)

Kawakami Shikibu was a Bakumatsu period Kagoshima han retainer. In 1856, he served for a time as Ryûkyû shuei, inspecting and overseeing security concerns in the Ryûkyû Kingdom.

References

  • Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 187, 203.