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He was reassigned from ''makanai-gashira'' to [[Kanjo bugyo|Kanjô ginmiyaku]] on [[1854]]/1/14 and was simultaneously appointed ''Matsumae Ezo Yôkakari'' (officials assigned to matters in [[Ezo]]/[[Matsumae han|Matsumae]], i.e. [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]]) alongside [[Hori Toshitada]]. The two departed [[Edo]] for Ezo two months later, on 3/27, arriving at Matsumae early in the 5th month, and at [[Cape Soya|Cape Sôya]] towards the end of that month. In the 6th month, they crossed over to [[Sakhalin]], where they visited Kushunkotan (a village where the Russians had set up an encampment the previous year) and conducted a survey of the area around the 50th parallel. While Hori remained in Ezo, Muragaki and a number of others returned to Edo, arriving sometime before 1854/10/15.

He was reassigned from ''makanai-gashira'' to [[Kanjo bugyo|Kanjô ginmiyaku]] on [[1854]]/1/14 and was simultaneously appointed ''Matsumae Ezo Yôkakari'' (officials assigned to matters in [[Ezo]]/[[Matsumae han|Matsumae]], i.e. [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]]) alongside [[Hori Toshitada]]. The two departed [[Edo]] for Ezo two months later, on 3/27, arriving at Matsumae early in the 5th month, and at [[Cape Soya|Cape Sôya]] towards the end of that month. In the 6th month, they crossed over to [[Sakhalin]], where they visited Kushunkotan (a village where the Russians had set up an encampment the previous year) and conducted a survey of the area around the 50th parallel. While Hori remained in Ezo, Muragaki and a number of others returned to Edo, arriving sometime before 1854/10/15.

On [[1860]]/1/19, Muragaki then departed [[Yokohama]] aboard the [[USS Powhatan|USS ''Powhatan'']] alongside lead ambassador [[Niimi Masaoki|Niimi Buzen-no-kami Masaoki]], numerous other members of the embassy, and American crew and escorts. While in the United States, Muragaki kept a diary entitled ''Kôkai nikki'', which reveals much about the Japanese thoughts and impressions upon making such a journey, including an attitude on Muragaki's part that despite their curiosity, the samurai had to refrain from indulging themselves too much in any of the activities, in order to maintain their dignity as representatives of their great nation.<ref>[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 98.</ref>

Several years later, on [[1860]]/1/19, Muragaki then departed [[Yokohama]] aboard the [[USS Powhatan|USS ''Powhatan'']] alongside lead ambassador [[Niimi Masaoki|Niimi Buzen-no-kami Masaoki]], numerous other members of the embassy, and American crew and escorts. While in the United States, Muragaki kept a diary entitled ''Kôkai nikki'', which reveals much about the Japanese thoughts and impressions upon making such a journey, including an attitude on Muragaki's part that despite their curiosity, the samurai had to refrain from indulging themselves too much in any of the activities, in order to maintain their dignity as representatives of their great nation.<ref>[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 98.</ref>

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