After being promoted to Uraga bugyô from ''[[yoriai]]'' in 1853, he was named [[Shimoda bugyo|Shimoda bugyô]] in [[1854]] following the [[Convention of Kanagawa]] (which Isawa and three others signed on behalf of the shogunate), which opened [[Shimoda]] to American ships and sailors. | After being promoted to Uraga bugyô from ''[[yoriai]]'' in 1853, he was named [[Shimoda bugyo|Shimoda bugyô]] in [[1854]] following the [[Convention of Kanagawa]] (which Isawa and three others signed on behalf of the shogunate), which opened [[Shimoda]] to American ships and sailors. |