highest of the newly-created kazoku nobility and which was awarded for his clan's participation during the Restoration. Hisamitsu died in December 6,1887, at age 70. He was accorded a state funeral. He is buried in Kagoshima Prefecture. Honours Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (15 July 1881) Prince (7 July 1884) Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum (5 November 1887) Order of precedence Junior fourth rank (March 1864) Fourth rank (16 May 1864) Third rank (Sixth day, third month of the second year of Meiji (1869)) Second rank (13th day, ninth month of the fourth year of Meiji (1871)) Senior second rank (17 June 1879) Junior first rank (21 September 1887) Published works Shimazu Hisamitsu rireki 島津久光履歴. Shimazu Hisamitsu-kō jikki 島津久光公実紀 (1977). Tokyo: Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai 東京大学出版会. (published posthumously) Family tree Ancestry The below are the ancestors of Shimazu Hisamitsu: See also Shimazu family Namamugi Incident Notes References Further reading Kanbashi Norimasa 芳即正 (2002). Shimazu Hisamitsu to Meiji ishin: Hisamitsu wa naze, tōbaku wo ketsui shita ka 島津久光と明治維新 : 久光はなぜ, 討幕を決意したか. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha 新人物往来社. 1817 births 1887 deaths Daimyo Kazoku People of Meiji-period Japan Shimazu clan People from Satsuma Domain People from Kagoshima