It was around the time when Kaemon KURODA took the position of Kiroku Bugyo (commissioner of records) and Jito (the estate steward) of Gamo-go that the names of Kiyoteru's ancestors became known in the history of the Satsuma Domain.
清輝の先祖で薩摩藩史上で名が知られるのは黒田嘉右衛門が記録奉行や蒲生郷地頭に就任したあたりからである。