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* ''Birth: [[1557]]''

* ''Birth: [[1557]]''

* ''Death: [[1612]]''

* ''Death: [[1612]]''

* ''Titles: Musashi no kami, Shinjûrô''

* ''Titles: Musashi no kami, Ryûkyû no kami, Shinjûrô''

* ''Son: [[Kamei Masanori]]''

* ''Son: [[Kamei Masanori]]''

* ''Distinction: [[Amako clan|Amako]], [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] retainer''

* ''Distinction: [[Amako clan|Amako]], [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] retainer''

Korenori assumed the name Kamei as a young man as that Amako retainer family had been left without an heir after the death of [[Kamei Hidetsuna]] in battle with the [[Mori clan|Môri]]. Korenori joined [[Yamanaka Shikanosuke]] (to whom he was connected by virtue of marrying the younger sister of Shikanosuke's wife) in fighting to revive the fortunes of the Amako (who had fallen to the Môri in [[1566]]). When the Amako cause finally died (along with [[Amako Katsuhisa]] and, later, Shikanosuke) with the fall of [[Kozuki castle]] in [[1578]], Korenori became a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. He received [[Shikano castle]] in [[Inaba province]] and participated in the [[Kyushu Campaign]] ([[1587]]). He supported [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Tokugawa Ieyasu's]] cause during the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] and afterwards saw his income increased from 13,000 koku to 43,000 koku.

Korenori assumed the name Kamei as a young man as that Amako retainer family had been left without an heir after the death of [[Kamei Hidetsuna]] in battle with the [[Mori clan|Môri]]. Korenori joined [[Yamanaka Shikanosuke]] (to whom he was connected by virtue of marrying the younger sister of Shikanosuke's wife) in fighting to revive the fortunes of the Amako (who had fallen to the Môri in [[1566]]). When the Amako cause finally died (along with [[Amako Katsuhisa]] and, later, Shikanosuke) with the fall of [[Kozuki castle]] in [[1578]], Korenori became a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. He received [[Shikano castle]] in [[Inaba province]] and participated in the [[Kyushu Campaign]] ([[1587]]). Interested in foreign trade, Kamei sought a coastal domain with good harbors, such as Izumo, as a reward for his aid against the Môri; unfortunately for him, Izumo had been given to the Môri as part of the truce arrangements. He then suggested that Hideyoshi grant him the [[Ryukyu Islands]], which Hideyoshi granted him despite wielding no actual control over or claim to the islands; he inscribed "Lord of Ryukyu" on a paper fan and bestowed this upon Kamei. This fan was later found upon a wrecked Japanese warship by Korean warriors during Hideyoshi's [[Korean Invasions|invasions of Korea]].

 

Kamei later supported [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Tokugawa Ieyasu's]] cause during the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] and afterwards saw his income increased from 13,000 koku to 43,000 koku.

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