Fushimi bugyo

Fushimi bugyō (伏見奉行) were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period 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" or "overseer" or "governor."

This particular bakufu title identifies an official responsible for administration of the area near Fushimi, including the Kyoto barriers^[2] and the location of Fushimi Castle which was dismantled in 1623.^[1]

This shogunate position was created in 1620.^[3]

Shogunal city

During this period, Fushimi ranked 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.^[4] Fushimi had its own bugyō because it was an important communication nexus on the north-south route.^[5]

List of Fushimi bugyō

• Kobori Masakazu, also known as Kobori Enshu.^[6]

See also

• Bugyō

Notes

1. Beasley, William G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853-1868, p. 325.
2. Inahara, Katsuji et al. (1931). The Japan Year Book, p. 99.
3. Papinot, Edmund. (1948). Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan, p. 111.
4. Cullen, Louis M. (2003). A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds, p. 159.
5. Jansen, Marius B. (1995). Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration, p. 226.
6. Sadler, Arthur Lindsay. (1963). A Short History of Japanese Architecture, p. 59.

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. ISBN 9780521821551; ISBN 9780521529181; OCLC 50694793
• Inahara, Katuji, Nihon Gaiji Kyōkai. (1931). The Japan Year Book. New York: Foreign Affairs Association of Japan.
• Jansen, Marius B. (1995). Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-10173-2
• Papinot, Edmund. (1948). Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Tokyo: Overbeck.
• Sadler, Arthur Lindsay. (1963). A Short History of Japanese Architecture. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing.