Kanjō-bugyō

were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were usually "fudai" daimyō.Beasley, William G. (1955). "Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853-1868," p. 324.] Conventional interpretations have construed these Japanese titles as "commissioner" or "overseer" or "governor."

This "bakufu" title identifies an official with responsibility for finance. The office of "kanjō-bugyō" was created in 1787 to upgrade the status and authority of the pre-1787 finance chief ("kanjō-gashira"). [Roberts, Luke Shepherd. (1998). [http://books.google.com/books?id=aAeQREc0vz0C&pg=PA207&dq=gusoku+bugyo&sig=Ykj-9ikea2B_OiBiYh4E5lUo2Nc "Mercantilism in a Japanese Domain: The Merchant Origins of Economic Nationalism in 18th Century Tosa," p. 207.] ]

This was a high ranking office, in status roughly equivalent to that of "gaikoku-bugyō" or expressed differently, the status of this office ranked slightly below hat of "daimyo", ranking a little below the "machi-bugyō". The number of "kanjō bugyō" varied, usually five or six in the late Tokugawa period. [see above] ]

The "kanjō-bugyō" was considered to rank approximately with the "gunkan-bugyō". [Beasley, p. 322.] The "kanjō-gimmiyaku" were "bakufu" officials of lower rank who were subordinate to the "kanjō-bugyō". [see above] ]

List of "kanjō-bugyō"

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* Matsudaira Chikanao (1844-1857).Beasley, p. 335.]
* Kawaji Toshiaki (1852-1858).Beasley, p. 334.]
* Mizuno Tadanori (1855-1858, 1859). [Beasley, p. 337.]
* Toki Tomoaki (1857-1859). [Besley, p. 341.]
* Nagai Naomune (1858).Beasley, p. 338.]
* Takenuchi Tasunori (1861-1864). [Beasley, p. 340.]
* Oguri Tadamasa (1863, 1864-1865). [see above] ]
* Matsuaira Yasunao (1863-1864). [Beasley, p. 336.]
* Inoue Kiyonao (1864-1866). [Beasley, p. 333.]
* Kawazu Sukekuni (1867). [see above] ]
* Kurimoto Sebei (1867). [see above] ]
* Kan'o Haruhide [Screech, Timon. (2006) [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=BLzQA7cpr7wC&dq=screech+secret+memoirs+of+the+shoguns&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=tVXKYkZKBq&sig=DO4eFiPhewDiAw5l-lXy_Prieds#PRA2-PA241,M1 "Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822," p. 241 n69.] Simultaneously Nikkō "bugyō" until 1746.]
* Honda Yashuhide. [Beasley, p. 107.]
* Hagiwara Shigehide. [Sansom, George Bailey. (1963). [http://books.google.com/books?id=Oul3FkdYxR0C&pg=PA27&dq=kura+bugyo&lr=&client=firefox-a&sig=U6iqniZEx3qo3WE3uUL4BFPifWs "A history of Japan," p. 27.] ]

Notes

References

* Beasley, William G. (1955). "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)]
* Roberts, Luke Shepherd. (1998). [http://books.google.com/books?id=aAeQREc0vz0C&dq=gusoku+bugyo&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Mercantilism in a Japanese Domain: The Merchant Origins of Economic Nationalism in 18th Century Tosa."] Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10-ISBN 0-521-89335-6
* Screech, Timon. (2006). "Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822." London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-7007-1720-X

ee also

* bugyō