Hyōgo bugyō
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Hyōgo bugyō ( 兵庫奉行 ) were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Amagasaki Domain , during the Edo period of 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. [1] Conventional interpretations have construed these Japanese titles as "commissioner", "overseer" or "governor".
History
The port at Hyōgo was originally known as the Ōwada anchorage ( 大輪田泊 , Ōwada-no-tomari ) , as described in the Nihon Shoki and other records describing the founding of the Ikuta Shrine by Empress Jingū in 201 AD. [2] For most of its history, this coastal area was not a single political entity. During the Edo period , the eastern parts of present-day Kobe came under the jurisdiction of the Amagasaki Domain and the western parts were encompassed within the Akashi Domain , and the center was controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate . [3]
This bakufu title identifies an official responsible for administration of that port area at Hyōgo (modern Kobe ). The office was created in December 1864; and initially there was only one bugyō until the position was allowed to lapse in December 1865. In 1867, the office was restored; and thereafter, there were always two bugyō. [4]
During this period, Hyogo came to rank with the largest urban centers, some of which were designated as a "shogunal city". The number of such cities rose from three to eleven under Tokugawa administration. [5]
List of Hyōgo bugyō
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- Shibata Takenada (1868). [6]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Beasley, William G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868 , p. 325.
- ↑ History of Kobe ; Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine History of Ikuta Shrine (in Japanese) Archived 2008-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ History of City of Ashiya ; Archived 2008-06-17 at the Wayback Machine Old Kobe (in Japanese). Archived 2008-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Beasley, p. 323.
- ↑ Cullen, Louis M. (2003). A History of Japan, 1582–1941: Internal and External Worlds , p. 159.
- ↑ Hanashiro, Roy S. (1999). Thomas William Kinder and the Japanese Imperial Mint, 1868–1875 , p. 31 n.104.
References
- Beasley, William G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868 . London: Oxford University Press . [reprinted by RoutledgeCurzon , London, 2001. ISBN 978-0-19-713508-2 (cloth)]
- Cullen, Louis M. (2003). A History of Japan, 1582–1941: Internal and External Worlds . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press . 0-521-82155-X (cloth) -- ISBN 0-521-52918-2 (paper)
- Hanashiro, Roy S. (1999). Thomas William Kinder and the Japanese Imperial Mint, 1868–1875 . Leiden: Brill. ISBN 90-04-08628-5
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