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Kume lahir di Domain Saga, Hizen (sekarang Prefektur Saga)

Brownlee, John S. (1997) Japanese historians and the national myths, 1600–1945: The Age of the Gods and Emperor Jimmu. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. ISBN 0-7748-0644-3 Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. ISBN 4-13-027031-1

Nish, Ian. (1998) The Iwakura Mission to America and Europe: A New Assessment. Richmond, Surrey: Japan Library. 	10-ISBN 1-873410-84-0/13-ISBN 978-1-873410-84-4; 10-ISBN 978-0-415-47179-4/13-ISBN 0-415-47179-6; OCLC 40410662