Nagatoshi continued to play a prominent role in discussions and arrangements related to foreign relations into the latter half of the 1850s. In [[1857]], he was assigned to help oversee preparations for the visit of US consul general [[Townsend Harris]] to Edo.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 386.</ref> In [[1858]], Nagatoshi was appointed [[Sunpu]] ''[[machi bugyo|machi bugyô]]''.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 569.</ref> | Nagatoshi continued to play a prominent role in discussions and arrangements related to foreign relations into the latter half of the 1850s. In [[1857]], he was assigned to help oversee preparations for the visit of US consul general [[Townsend Harris]] to Edo.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 386.</ref> In [[1858]], Nagatoshi was appointed [[Sunpu]] ''[[machi bugyo|machi bugyô]]''.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 569.</ref> |