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 ...
in
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.
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 with responsibility for surveying land.
[Naito, Akira '' et al.'' (2003)]
''Edo: the City that Became Tokyo,'' p. 26.
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List of ''jiwari-bugyō''
:
* Tagame Morishige.
Notes
References
* Naito, Akira, Kazuo Hozumi, and H. Mack Horto. (2003)
''Edo: the City that Became Tokyo.''
Tokyo: Kodansha
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.
See also
* Bugyō
Government of feudal Japan
Officials of the Tokugawa shogunate
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