was a Japanese ''
daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominal ...
'' of the early
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characte ...
, who ruled the
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. He assisted in the construction of a part of Kōdai-ji">Kōdaiji Temple in Kyoto. His childhood name was Dairiki (大力).
* Father: Kamei Masanori
* Mother: Kōmyōin
* Wife: Tōsen-in
* Concubine: Mizusaki Hōan’s daughter
* Children:
** Kamei Masanao (1645-1679) by Tōsen-in
** Kamei Koretsugu
** daughter married Matsudaira Yasutomi
** daughter married Shimazu Tadataka
** daughter married Namba Munekazu
** daughter married Washo Masatoki
** Kamei Korechika (1669-1731) by Mizusaki Hōan’s daughter
** Kamei Masasuke
** Munekiyo Sōjō
** Tago Masazumi
** daughter married Morikawa Toshitane
** daughter married Itakura Shigehiro
** daughter married Yagyū Toshikata
** Kamei Noriyuki