were officials of the

Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil wars ...

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

Japan. Those appointed to this prominent office were exclusively ''

fudai daimyō was a class of ''daimyō'' (大名) in the Tokugawa Shogunate (徳川幕府) of Japan who were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa before the Battle of Sekigahara. ''Fudai daimyō'' and their descendants filled the ranks of the Tokugawa admin ...

''.Beasley, William G. (1955). ''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868'', p. 326. Conventional interpretations have construed these Japanese titles as "commissioner" or "overseer" or "governor".

History

This ''

bakufu , officially , was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, except during parts of the Kamak ...

'' title identifies an official responsible for holding and defending , and for administration of the city of

Osaka is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...

. This office was considered only slightly less important than the Kyoto ''shoshidai''; and this important ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and no ...

'' officer was charged with guarding the security of the

Kansai The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropoli ...

region. Originally, there were six ''jōdai,'' but that number was eventually reduced to only one. Conventionally, the person appointed to this essential position would have previously demonstrated his abilities and loyalty by serving as ''jisha-bugyō'' or by having succeeded in another similarly important role. From this high position, a career path would have typically included promotion to the office of Kyoto ''shoshidai'' and then to a position amongst the ''

rōjū The , usually translated as ''Elder (administrative title), Elder'', was one of the highest-ranking government posts under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. The term refers either to individual Elders, or to the Council of Elders as a wh ...

'' in Edo. The residence of the ''jōdai'' was located at Osaka Castle's Nishinomaru. It was a large ''shoin'' palace and the second largest one after the Honmaru Palace. It was lost in a fire by the Meiji era.

Shogunal city

During this period, Osaka ranked with other urban centers, some of which were designated as a "shogunal city". The number of such cities rose from three to eleven under Tokugawa administration.

List of Osaka Castle ''dai''

: * Naitō Nobumasa (1619-1626) *

Mizuno Tadakuni was a ''daimyō'' during late-Edo period Japan, who later served as chief senior councilor ('' Rōjū'') in service to the Tokugawa shogunate. He is remembered for having instituted the Tenpō Reforms. Biography Mizuno Tadakuni was the second ...

(1825) *

Matsudaira Noryasu The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of the ...

(1845)Beasley, p. 336. *

Matsudaira Tadakata The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of the ...

(1845–1848) *

Naitō Nobuchika , was the 7th Naitō ''daimyō'' of Murakami Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was also known as Naitō Nobumoto (内藤信思). His courtesy title was ''Kii-no-kami''.Beasley, William G. (1955). ''Select Documents o ...

(1848–1850) *

Matsudaira Nobuatsu The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of the ...

(1858–1861) *

Honjō Munehide Honjō or Honjo may refer to: Places * Honjō, Akita * Honjō, Nagano * Honjō, Ōita * Honjō, Saitama * Honjo, Tokyo * Honjo Stadium * Honjo, Yutaro People * , Japanese samurai * , Japanese general *, Japanese immunologist Fictional characters ...

(1861–1862)Beasley, p. 332.

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References

* Beasley, William G. (1955)
''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868''.
London:

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. eprinted by RoutledgeCurzon, London, 2001. (cloth)">RoutledgeCurzon.html" ;"title="eprinted by RoutledgeCurzon">eprinted by RoutledgeCurzon, London, 2001. (cloth)* Brinkley, Frank ''et al.'' (1915)
''A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era''.
New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. * Cullen, Louis M. (2003)
''A History of Japan, 1582–1941: Internal and External Worlds''.
Cambridge:

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. * Yamamura, Kōzō. (1997)
''The Economic Emergence of Modern Japan''.
Cambridge:

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List of Osaka Castle ''dai''

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