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Because of its location, and their charge to defend the north, Matsumae was also the chief domain which had interactions with [[Russia]]n explorers, traders, and military. Fears of Russian encroachment in the late 18th century led to the shogunate declaring direct shogunate control over eastern Ezo in [[1799]], and western Ezo in [[1807]], though their authority in the region was restored to the Matsumae clan in [[1821]].
Because of its location, and their charge to defend the north, Matsumae was also the chief domain which had interactions with [[Russia]]n explorers, traders, and military. Fears of Russian encroachment in the late 18th century led to the shogunate declaring direct shogunate control over eastern Ezo in [[1799]], and western Ezo in [[1807]], though their authority in the region was restored to the Matsumae clan in [[1821]].
Amidst security concerns regarding Russian encroachment and the numerous broader domestic and foreign affairs concerns of the time, the shogunate ordered [[Matsumae Takahiro]] on [[1855]]/2/22 to give up the entirety of the territory of Ezo to the shogunate, with the exception of an area immediately around Matsumae proper.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 19.</ref>
==Lords of Matsumae==
==Lords of Matsumae==