were officials of the

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, during the

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. Appointments to this prominent office were usually ''

fudai daimyō was a class of ''daimyō'' (大名) in the Tokugawa Shogunate (徳川幕府) of Japan who were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa before the Battle of Sekigahara. ''Fudai daimyō'' and their descendants filled the ranks of the Tokugawa admini ...

'', but this was amongst the senior administrative posts open to those who were not daimyō.Beasley, William G. (1955). ''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868'', p. 325. Conventional interpretations have construed these Japanese titles as "commissioner", "overseer" or "governor".

History

The port at Hyōgo was originally known as the , as described in the Nihon Shoki and other records describing the founding of the

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in 201 AD. For most of its history, this coastal area was not a single political entity. During the

, the eastern parts of present-day

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came under the jurisdiction of the

and the western parts were encompassed within the

Akashi Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Harima Province in what is now the southern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was centered around Akashi Castle, which is located in what is now the ci ...

, and the center was controlled directly by the

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'' title identifies an official responsible for administration of that port area at Hyōgo (modern

). 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. 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.

List of Hyōgo ''bugyō''

: * Shibata Takenada (1868).Hanashiro, Roy S. (1999)
''Thomas William Kinder and the Japanese Imperial Mint, 1868–1875'', p. 31 n.104.
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Notes

References

* Beasley, William G. (1955)
''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868''.
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''A History of Japan, 1582–1941: Internal and External Worlds''.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 0-521-82155-X (cloth) -- (paper) * Hanashiro, Roy S. (1999)
''Thomas William Kinder and the Japanese Imperial Mint, 1868–1875''.
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History

List of Hyōgo ''bugyō''

See also

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