[1][2] Kameju was born in 1571 as the daughter of the powerful feudal lord, Shimazu Yoshihisa, who ruled much of the Satsuma area on the island of Kyushu.

Kameju played the role of a hostage to show the loyalty of the Shimazu clan, who had fallen under the Toyotomi regime.

[3][2] As Yoshihisa did not have a son, he decided to make his successor his daughter's husband, Hisayasu was appointed as the next head of the Shimazu family, being the son-in-law of the current leader.

The following year, she was granted by Shimazu Yoshihisa (her father) additional landholdings of 2,739 koku in the village of Ōnejime in Ōsumi Province.

After territorial settlement, Kameju's husband Iehisa officially became the head of the Shimazu family, but Yoshihisa continued to wield great authority.

[1] Furthermore, there was a deep dislike for her husband, and it is said that her ex-husband, Iehisa, did not build a family shrine after Kameju's death and neglected the funeral service.

Shimazu Iehisa sent a waka to her servants that is interpreted as: “In this transient world, Kameju died in the tenth month of the lunar calendar.

On this solemn occasion, the statue is adorned with cosmetics, meticulously applied by the dedicated women of Kagoshima's municipal office.

The makeup, featuring black and white poster paint, as well as lipstick and cheek rouge, reflects contemporary fashion trends and receives substantial media coverage, captivating the local populace.

In Kagoshima's Daijō Temple, affiliated with the Shingon sect, during the Edo period, a stone statue known as Shirochizō held significance.

It was customary for visitors, including the Shimazu family, to apply face powder to this statue as part of their prayers.

Following the Meiji period's movement to abolish Buddhism, which led to the closure of Daijō Temple, the statue found its new home at the current location of Jimesā.