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*''Japanese'': 江川 太郎左衛門 ''(Egawa Tarouzaemon)''

*''Japanese'': 江川 太郎左衛門 ''(Egawa Tarouzaemon)''

Egawa Tarôzaemon was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official who served as Nirayama [[daikan]], overseeing [[Izu province]] and some of the surrounding areas, c. [[1849]]. He played a prominent role in coastal defense and in interactions with Western ships and their crews around that time.

Egawa Tarôzaemon was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official who served as Nirayama [[daikan]], overseeing [[Izu province]] and some of the surrounding areas, in the late 1840s until his death in [[1855]]. He played a prominent role in coastal defense and in interactions with Western ships and their crews around that time.

In [[1854]], he was named ''teppôkata'' (gunnery official).

He was named ''teppôkata'' (gunnery official) in [[1854]], and held rank equivalent to ''[[kanjo ginmiyaku|kanjô ginmiyaku]]''.

 

He died on 1855/1/16 at his [[Edo]] residence. He was later posthumously granted the Senior Fourth Rank.

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==References==

==References==

*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937).

*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), passim.

*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 5.

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