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*''Japanese'': 外国奉行 ''(Gaikoku bugyô)''
The position of ''Gaikoku bugyô'', or Foreign Affairs Magistrate, was created in [[1858]]/7, shortly after the signing of the [[Harris Treaty]] with the United States, and shortly before the signing of new treaties with the United Kingdom, Russia, France, and the Netherlands. The position of ''Kaibô kakari'' (coastal affairs officer) was abolished at this time.
[[Mizuno Tadanori]], [[Nagai Naoyuki]], [[Iwase Tadanari]], [[Inoue Kiyonao]], and [[Hori Toshihiro]] were the first to be assigned to this post. Kiyonao and Toshihiro continued to serve, respectively, as [[Shimoda bugyo|Shimoda bugyô]] and [[Hakodate bugyo|Hakodate bugyô]] while taking on the new position.
The ''Gaikoku bugyô'' enjoyed a ''bashodaka'' of 2000 ''[[koku]]'', a rank equivalent to ''shotaifu'', and a seat above that of the ''[[ongoku bugyo|ongoku bugyô]]''.
==Selected List of Gaikoku bugyô==
*[[Mizuno Tadanori]] ([[1858]]-?)
*[[Nagai Naoyuki]] ([[1858]]-?)
*[[Iwase Tadanari]] ([[1858]]-?)
*[[Inoue Kiyonao]] ([[1858]]-?)
*[[Hori Toshihiro]] ([[1858]]-?)
*[[Hoshino Chiyuki]] ([[1864]]-[[1866]])
*[[Kawaji Toshiakira]] (?-[[1868]])
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==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 9.
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