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Uraga bugyō

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{{nihongo|Uraga bugyō|浦賀奉行|}} were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate with responsibility for administration of the port of Uraga, which was a port of inspection for Japanese coastal vessels, especially those proceeding to Edo.Beasley, William G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868, p. 330.

This office was created in 1721, and it was held by one or two fudai daimyōs—always two who were appointed concurrently after 1844. Conventional interpretations have construed these Japanese titles as "commissioner" or "overseer" or "governor".{{Cite web |title=Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細 |url=https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/id=8605 |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=國學院大學デジタルミュージアム |language=ja}}

Uraga is both a town and a harbour at the entrance of Tokyo Bay, located on the eastern side of the Miura Peninsula, at the northern end of the Uraga Channel.{{Cite web |title=Uraga and Yokosuka, Japan |url=https://earth.jaxa.jp/en/earthview/2010/07/07/556/index.html |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=JAXA Earth-graphy / Space Technology Directorate I |language=en}}

Strategic location

Due to its strategic location at the entrance of Edo Bay, Uraga has often been the first point of contact between visiting foreign ships and Japan.{{Cite journal |last=Kitahara |first=Michio |date=1986 |title=Commodore Perry and the Japanese: A Study in the Dramaturgy of Power |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/si.1986.9.1.53 |journal=Symbolic Interaction |language=en |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=53–65 |doi=10.1525/si.1986.9.1.53 |issn=0195-6086}} In 1853, Commodore Perry lowered the anchor of his ships in front of Uraga.Sewall, John S. (1905). The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas, pp. 177; Cullen, L.M. (2003). A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds, p. 178. On the return of the Commodore's squadron in 1854, the ships by-passed Uraga to anchor closer to Edo at Kanagawa, which is where the city of Yokohama now stands.Sewall, p. 243.

List of Uraga bugyō

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  • Toki Yorimune (1844–1845).Beasley, Select Documents, p. 341.
  • Mizuno Tadanori (1852–1853).Beasley, William G. (1972). [https://books.google.com/books?id=k2FQEaQtWHIC&dq=Niigata+bugyo&pg=RA1-PA507 The Meiji Restoration, p. 100.]
  • Izawa Masayoshi (1854).Beasley, Select Documents, p. 334.
  • Toki Tomoaki (1854–1857).

See also

Notes

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References

  • Beasley, William G. (1972). [https://books.google.com/books?id=k2FQEaQtWHIC&dq=Niigata+bugyo&pg=RA1-PA507 The Meiji Restoration.] Stanford: Stanford University Press. {{ISBN|0-8047-0815-0}}
  • ____________. (1955). [https://books.google.com/books?id=jjOCAAAAIAAJ&q=Niigata+bugyo Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868.] London: Oxford University Press. [reprinted by RoutledgeCurzon, London, 2001. {{ISBN|0-19-713508-0}}; {{ISBN|978-0-19-713508-2}} (cloth)]
  • Cullen, L.M. (2003). A History of Japan, 1582–1941: Internal and External Worlds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0-521-82155-X}} (cloth). {{ISBN|0-521-52918-2}} (paper)
  • Sewall, John S. (1905). The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas, Bangor, Maine: Chas H. Glass & Co. [reprint by Chicago: R. R. Donnelly & Sons, 1995. {{ISBN|0-548-20912-X}} ]

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