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*''Other Names'': 雅敬 ''(Gakei)''
*''Japanese'': [[黒川]] 嘉兵衛 ''(Kurokawa Kahei)''
Kurokawa Kahei was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official who played a role in interactions with foreign embassies during the [[Bakumatsu period]].
An official in the service to the [[Kobushin bugyo|Kobushin bugyô]] as of [[1853]], Kurokawa was in that year transferred to the position of ''shihai kumigashira'' under the [[Uraga bugyo|Uraga bugyô]]. In [[1854]]/1, alongside other shogunate officials, Kurokawa met on several occasions with American chief of staff [[Henry A. Adams]] aboard the US warships anchored in [[Edo Bay]], eventually convincing Adams that formal reception and negotiations would take place at [[Uraga]], not [[Edo]].
As interactions and negotiations between the shogunate and Perry's men continued into the 2nd month of 1854, Kurokawa continued to play a secondary but active role, serving as messenger to present Perry's men with [[Hayashi Fukusai|Hayashi Fukusai's]] official credentials, and on 2/16, bringing the [[USS Susquehanna|USS ''Susquehanna's'']] chaplain, a Mr. Bittinger, back to [[Yokohama]] from [[Kawasaki]], where he had caused some form of disturbance. Later that month, when US ships entered [[Shimoda]] harbor without authorization, Kurokawa reported this to the shogunate's reception officers (''[[osetsukakari|ôsetsukakari]]'').
In the 4th month of 1854, as negotiations moved to Shimoda, Kurokawa was reassigned from ''Uraga bugyô shihai kumigashira'' to the equivalent position under the ''[[Shimoda bugyo|Shimoda bugyô]]''.
On 1854/5/20, Kurokawa, alongside ''Shimoda bugyô shihai kumigashira'' [[Isa Shinjiro|Isa Shinjirô]], concluded negotiations with US Navy Purser (i.e. financial officer) [[J.C. Eldridge]] and his clerk [[William Speiden]] regarding coal prices and currency exchange rates.
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==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 513, 534, 540, 551, 556, 563, 574, 579, 604
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Samurai]]
*''Japanese'': [[黒川]] 嘉兵衛 ''(Kurokawa Kahei)''
Kurokawa Kahei was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official who played a role in interactions with foreign embassies during the [[Bakumatsu period]].
An official in the service to the [[Kobushin bugyo|Kobushin bugyô]] as of [[1853]], Kurokawa was in that year transferred to the position of ''shihai kumigashira'' under the [[Uraga bugyo|Uraga bugyô]]. In [[1854]]/1, alongside other shogunate officials, Kurokawa met on several occasions with American chief of staff [[Henry A. Adams]] aboard the US warships anchored in [[Edo Bay]], eventually convincing Adams that formal reception and negotiations would take place at [[Uraga]], not [[Edo]].
As interactions and negotiations between the shogunate and Perry's men continued into the 2nd month of 1854, Kurokawa continued to play a secondary but active role, serving as messenger to present Perry's men with [[Hayashi Fukusai|Hayashi Fukusai's]] official credentials, and on 2/16, bringing the [[USS Susquehanna|USS ''Susquehanna's'']] chaplain, a Mr. Bittinger, back to [[Yokohama]] from [[Kawasaki]], where he had caused some form of disturbance. Later that month, when US ships entered [[Shimoda]] harbor without authorization, Kurokawa reported this to the shogunate's reception officers (''[[osetsukakari|ôsetsukakari]]'').
In the 4th month of 1854, as negotiations moved to Shimoda, Kurokawa was reassigned from ''Uraga bugyô shihai kumigashira'' to the equivalent position under the ''[[Shimoda bugyo|Shimoda bugyô]]''.
On 1854/5/20, Kurokawa, alongside ''Shimoda bugyô shihai kumigashira'' [[Isa Shinjiro|Isa Shinjirô]], concluded negotiations with US Navy Purser (i.e. financial officer) [[J.C. Eldridge]] and his clerk [[William Speiden]] regarding coal prices and currency exchange rates.
{{stub}}
==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 513, 534, 540, 551, 556, 563, 574, 579, 604
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Samurai]]
