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*''Titles'': 図書頭 ''(Zusho no kami)''
*''Other Names'': 謙二郎 ''(Kenjirou)''
*''Japanese'': 平山敬忠 ''(Hirayama Keichuu)''
Hirayama Keichû was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official who, while holding the post of ''kachi-metsuke'' in [[1854]], participated in receptions and meetings with [[Commodore Matthew Perry]].
When negotiations regarding the opening of [[Shimoda]] were still underway in the first two months of [[1854]], Hirayama was among the officials who boarded Perry's ships several times and were present for those discussions. When Perry turned to sail to [[Hakodate]] in the 4th month of that year, Hirayama was among those quickly dispatched to meet him there. They arrived in the 5th month.
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==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 556, 567, 593, 598.
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