The was a government office under Japan's
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...
, concerned with the management of prisons. The position was hereditary in the
Ishide clan, with the head of each generation taking the name
Ishide Tatewaki (石出帯刀).
[Sasama Yoshihiko, ''Edo Machi Bugo Jiten''. Tokyo: Kashiwa-shobo, 1995, p. 152.] The duties of the ''Rōya bugyō'' included witnessing executions, summoning witnesses for court cases, and listening to hearings, as well as general oversight of the Tokugawa prison system (particularly the main prison at
Kodenma-chō).
The ''Rōya bugyō's'' official residence was immediately adjoining the same prison, in Kodenma-chō 1-chōme.
List of ''Rōya bugyō''
:
*
Ishide Tatewaki
See also
*
Bugyō
was a title assigned to '' samurai'' officials during the feudal period of Japan. ''Bugyō'' is often translated as commissioner, magistrate, or governor, and other terms would be added to the title to describe more specifically a given offic ...
Notes
References
* Sasama Yoshihiko. (1955). ''Edo Machi Bugo Jiten''. Tokyo: Kashiwa-shobo.
Government of feudal Japan
Officials of the Tokugawa shogunate
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