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::''Not to be confused with [[Toda Ujiyoshi (daimyo)]], lord of [[Ogaki Shinden han|Ôgaki Shinden han]].''
*''Born: [[1799]]''
*''Died: [[1858]]/8/21''
*''Titles: Izu no kami''
*''Japanese'': [[戸田]] 氏栄 ''(Toda Ujiyoshi)''

Toda Ujiyoshi was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official perhaps best known for his efforts as ''[[Uraga bugyo|Uraga bugyô]]'' during the visits of [[Commodore Matthew Perry]] to Japan in [[1853]]-[[1854]].

Appointed to the position of ''Uraga bugyô'', Toda remained in the position until 1854, when he was replaced with [[Toki Tomomasa]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô, vol. 1, 611.</ref> As ''Uraga bugyô'', he interacted with Commodore Perry, and oversaw the construction of the ''[[Soshunmaru|Sôshun-maru]]'' and other ships for the shogunate, among other tasks.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 189, 426.</ref>

He later served as [[Machi bugyo|Osaka machi bugyô]] from [[1857]] until his death the following year.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 308.; vol 3., 42.</ref>

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