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Ōsawa Noriaki was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official who served as ''[[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]]'' beginning in [[1852]]. He was the lead figure who interacted with Russian naval captain [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin]], who arrived in [[Nagasaki]] in [[1853]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 447.</ref>

Ōsawa Noriaki was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official who served as ''[[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]]'' beginning in [[1852]]. He was the lead figure who interacted with Russian naval captain [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin]], who arrived in [[Nagasaki]] in [[1853]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 447.</ref>

Noriaki was promoted from ''Nishinomaru [[metsuke]]'' to ''Nagasaki bugyô'' on 1852/5/15,<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 359.</ref> and served in that position until [[1854]]/5/9, when he was reassigned ''Kobushin bugyô''.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 599.</ref> Noriaki was then reassigned from the position of ''[[Sakuji bugyo|Sakuji bugyô]]'' to that of ''[[Kanjo bugyo|Kanjô bugyô]]'' in [[1858]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 106.</ref>

Noriaki was promoted from ''Nishinomaru [[metsuke]]'' to ''Nagasaki bugyô'' on 1852/5/15,<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 359.</ref> and served in that position until [[1854]]/5/9, when he was reassigned ''Kobushin bugyô''.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 599.</ref> Noriaki was then reassigned from the position of ''[[Sakuji bugyo|Sakuji bugyô]]'' to that of ''[[Kanjo bugyo|Kanjô bugyô]]'' in [[1858]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 106.</ref> The following year, he was reassigned again, this time to serve as ''[[karo|karô]]'' (House Elder) for the [[Hitotsubashi Tokugawa clan]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 216.</ref>

His adoptive son [[Osawa Kenichiro|Ôsawa Ken'ichirô]] fought on the side of the shogunate in the [[Boshin War]].

His adoptive son [[Osawa Kenichiro|Ôsawa Ken'ichirô]] fought on the side of the shogunate in the [[Boshin War]].