Hasegawa Fujihiro

• Born: 1567
• Died: 1617
• Other Names: 長谷川左兵衛　(Hasegawa Sahyôe)
• Japanese: 長谷川 藤広 (Hasegawa Fujihiro)

Hasegawa Fujihiro was a Tokugawa shogunate official who served as Nagasaki bugyô around 1610-1612.

He played a role in attempting to restore formal relations (and legal trade) between the Ming Empire and Tokugawa Japan, and after the shogunate's 1611 edict banning Chinese ships trading at ports outside of Nagasaki, daimyô or other local authorities were obliged to report to Hasegawa on any Chinese ships doing so, and to redirect the ships to Nagasaki. At times, he also sent agents to daimyô territories to inspect ships and cargoes arriving at their ports, or even traveled to such ports himself.

References

• Maria Grazia Petrucci, “Caught Between Piracy and Trade: The Shimazu of Southern Japan…”, in Robert Antony and Angela Schottenhammer (eds.), Beyond the Silk Roads, Harrassowitz Verlag (2017), p111.