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*''Japanese'': [[筒井]] 政憲 ''(Tsutsui Masanori)''

*''Japanese'': [[筒井]] 政憲 ''(Tsutsui Masanori)''

Tsutsui Masanori was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official during the [[Bakumatsu period]]. He is perhaps best known as one of two signers of the [[1854]] [[Treaty of Shimoda]], along with [[Kawaji Toshiakira]], on behalf of the shogunate.

Tsutsui Masanori was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official during the [[Bakumatsu period]]. He is perhaps best known as one of three signers of the [[1854]] [[Treaty of Shimoda]], along with [[Kawaji Toshiakira]] and [[Koga Masaru]], on behalf of the shogunate.

In the mid-1840s, he was asked on a number of occasions to provide the shogunate with his formal opinion on coastal defense and related matters.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 6, 32, 48.</ref> He was named ''Chôsen tsûshinshi heirei yôkakari'' (official in charge of the reception of [[Korean embassies to Edo]]) in [[1846]], and was promoted from ''[[yoriai]]'' to Nishinomaru Rusui the following year.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô, vol 1, 51, 62.</ref> In the late 1840s to early 1850s, he performed inspection tours of coastal defenses in and around [[Edo]], oversaw economic relief efforts for the people of the city, and engaged in other activities on behalf of the shogunate. In [[1852]], he was formally recognized by the shogunate along with [[Hayashi Akira]] and several others for their efforts in performing surveys of historical documents.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô, vol. 1, 144, 146, 175, 244, 248, 256, 300, 347.</ref>

In the mid-1840s, he was asked on a number of occasions to provide the shogunate with his formal opinion on coastal defense and related matters.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 6, 32, 48.</ref> He was named ''Chôsen tsûshinshi heirei yôkakari'' (official in charge of the reception of [[Korean embassies to Edo]]) in [[1846]], and was promoted from ''[[yoriai]]'' to Nishinomaru Rusui the following year.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô, vol 1, 51, 62.</ref> In the late 1840s to early 1850s, he performed inspection tours of coastal defenses in and around [[Edo]], oversaw economic relief efforts for the people of the city, and engaged in other activities on behalf of the shogunate. In [[1852]], he was formally recognized by the shogunate along with [[Hayashi Akira]] and several others for their efforts in performing surveys of historical documents.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô, vol. 1, 144, 146, 175, 244, 248, 256, 300, 347.</ref>