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.
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".
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.
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. In 1853, Commodore Perry lowered the anchor of his ships in front of Uraga. 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.
List of Uraga bugyō
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- Toki Yorimune (1844–1845).
- Mizuno Tadanori (1852–1853).
- Izawa Masayoshi (1854).
- Toki Tomoaki (1854–1857).
See also
Notes
- ^ Beasley, William G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868, p. 330.
- "Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細". 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- "Uraga and Yokosuka, Japan". JAXA Earth-graphy / Space Technology Directorate I. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- Kitahara, Michio (1986). "COMMODORE PERRY AND THE JAPANESE: A STUDY IN THE DRAMATURGY OF POWER". Symbolic Interaction. 9 (1): 53–65. doi:10.1525/si.1986.9.1.53. ISSN 0195-6086.
- 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.
- Sewall, p. 243.
- ^ Beasley, Select Documents, p. 341.
- Beasley, William G. (1972). The Meiji Restoration, p. 100.
- Beasley, Select Documents, p. 334.
References
- Beasley, William G. (1972). The Meiji Restoration. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-0815-0
- ____________. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868. London: Oxford University Press.
- 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.
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