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 ...
These ''
bakufu'' appointees were responsible for administration of the port of
Shimoda and foreign trade in the area.
This office was created in 1842, and it was held by two ''
fudai 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 ...
'' who were appointed concurrently. At any given time, one would normally be in residence at Shimoda, and the other would be in Edo as part of an alternating pattern.
[Beasley, William G. (1955). ''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868'', p. 329.] Conventional interpretations have construed these Japanese titles as "commissioner" or "overseer" or "governor".
The number of men holding the title concurrently varied over time, fluctuating from as few as five in 1859 to as many as nine.
List of Shimoda bugyō
:
*
Toki Yorimune, 1843–1844.
*
Izawa Masayoshi, 1854–1855.
*
Inoue Kiyonao, 1855–1859.
[Beasley, p. 333.]
See also
*
Bugyō
Notes
References
*
Beasley, William G. (1955)
''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868''.London:
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Government of feudal Japan
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