Hakodate bugyō

were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were usually "fudai" daimyō, but this was amongst the senior administrative posts open to those who were not daimyō.Beasley, William G. (1955). "Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853-1868," p. 322.] Conventional interpretations have construed these Japanese titles as "commissioner" or "overseer" or "governor."

Hakodate is a port city on the southern coast of Hokkaidō island, separated from northern Honshū by the Tsugaru Strait. In 1779, the Tokugawa shogunate exerted direct control over Hakodate, and rapid development in the area soon followed. [Hakodate municipal web page: [http://www.city.hakodate.hokkaido.jp/kikaku/english/overview.html Hakodate chronology] ]

This "bakufu" tile identifies an official responsible for administration of the port city of Hakodate and neighboring territory of Ezo. The "bugyō" were also directly responsible for the conduct of relations with foreigners in this region. The office was created in 1802. There were two men holding the title concurrently, one being at any given time in Hadodate and his counterpart would be in Edo; and periodically, the two would exchange places. [see above] ]

List of Hakodate bugyō"

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* Takeuchi Yasunori (1854-1861). [Beasley, p. 340.]
* Muzuno Tadanori (1862). [Beasley, p. 337.]
* Kurimoto Sebei (1867). [Beasley, p. 335.]

Notes

References

* Beasley, William G. (1955). [http://books.google.com/books?id=jjOCAAAAIAAJ&dq=Niigata+bugyo&pgis=1 "Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853-1868."] London: Oxford University Press. [reprinted by RoutledgeCurzon, London, 2001. 10-ISBN 0-197-13508-0; 13-ISBN 978-0-197-13508-2 (cloth)]

ee also

* bugyō