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As ''[[daimyo yashiki|daimyô yashiki]]'', other samurai property, Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, and certain other areas did not fall directly under shogunate authority, these magistrates chiefly oversaw only [[chonin|merchant and artisan]] neighborhoods. As those neighborhoods expanded dramatically following the [[1657]] [[Meireki Fire]], the jurisdiction of the ''machi bugyô'' expanded accordingly, though it began to run into grey areas, where ''[[daikan]]'' overseeing the rural areas outside of Edo proper claimed jurisdiction. Beginning in [[1746]], the ''machi bugyô'' were granted additional authority, shifted from the authority of the ''jisha bugyô''.

As ''[[daimyo yashiki|daimyô yashiki]]'', other samurai property, Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, and certain other areas did not fall directly under shogunate authority, these magistrates chiefly oversaw only [[chonin|merchant and artisan]] neighborhoods. As those neighborhoods expanded dramatically following the [[1657]] [[Meireki Fire]], the jurisdiction of the ''machi bugyô'' expanded accordingly, though it began to run into grey areas, where ''[[daikan]]'' overseeing the rural areas outside of Edo proper claimed jurisdiction. Beginning in [[1746]], the ''machi bugyô'' were granted additional authority, shifted from the authority of the ''jisha bugyô''.

Though [[Kyoto]] was overseen by the ''[[Kyoto shoshidai]]'', a ''machi bugyô'' was appointed for Kyoto as well, beginning in [[1668]].

Though [[Kyoto]] was overseen by the ''[[Kyoto shoshidai]]'', ''machi bugyô'' were appointed for Kyoto as well, beginning in [[1668]].

Some [[han|domains]] also appointed their own ''machi bugyô'' to administer cities within their domains; [[Fukuoka han]], for example, appointed ''machi bugyô'' to oversee local urban administration in the twin cities of [[Hakata]] and [[Fukuoka]].<ref>Arne Kalland, ''Fishing Villages in Tokugawa Japan'', University of Hawaii Press (1995), 20.</ref>

Some [[han|domains]] also appointed their own ''machi bugyô'' to administer cities within their domains; [[Fukuoka han]], for example, appointed ''machi bugyô'' to oversee local urban administration in the twin cities of [[Hakata]] and [[Fukuoka]].<ref>Arne Kalland, ''Fishing Villages in Tokugawa Japan'', University of Hawaii Press (1995), 20.</ref>