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The ''Nagasaki bugyô'', or Nagasaki Magistrates, were the chief officials appointed by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] to oversee local city matters and in particular matters relating to foreign trade at the port of [[Nagasaki]]. Though originally there were two appointed to the position - one based in Nagasaki, and one in [[Edo]] - the number was later doubled to four in the [[Genroku]] period, and then reduced to three, and then back to two by the end of the period. The Nagasaki ''bugyô'' enjoyed the same rank or level of prestige as the [[Osaka jodai|Osaka jôdai]] and [[Kyoto shoshidai]], who held similar positions in those two cities.

The ''Nagasaki bugyô'', or Nagasaki Magistrates, were the chief officials appointed by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] to oversee local city matters and in particular matters relating to foreign trade at the port of [[Nagasaki]]. Though originally there were two appointed to the position - one based in Nagasaki, and one in [[Edo]] - the number was later doubled to four in the [[Genroku]] period, and then reduced to three, and then back to two by the end of the period. The Nagasaki ''bugyô'' enjoyed the same rank or level of prestige as the [[Osaka jodai|Osaka jôdai]] and [[Kyoto shoshidai]], who held similar positions in those two cities.

The position was created by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], and remained in place throughout the [[Edo period]]. From [[1642]] until [[1670]], the ''bugyô'' was assisted by a ''[[Nagasaki tandai shoku]]''; that post was abolished in 1670. The ''bugyô'' also had four ''machi toshiyori'' under him who helped administer the inner city, while the ''daikan'' of the outer city reported directly to the financial magistrates (''[[kanjo bugyo|kanjô bugyô]]'') in Edo.

The position was created by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], and remained in place throughout the [[Edo period]]. From [[1642]] until [[1670]], the ''bugyô'' was assisted by a ''[[Nagasaki tandai shoku]]''; that post was abolished in 1670. The ''bugyô'' also had four ''machi toshiyori'' under him who helped administer the inner city, while the ''daikan'' of the outer city reported directly to the financial magistrates (''[[kanjo bugyo|kanjô bugyô]]'') in Edo. The total number of officials and staff under the command of the Nagasaki ''bugyô'' numbered around 550.<ref>Daniele Lauro, "Displaying authority: Guns, political legitimacy, and martial pageantry in Tokugawa Japan, 1600 - 1868," MA Thesis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2013), 49.</ref>

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