Prior to this embassy, Takeuchi was assigned ''[[Hakodate bugyo|Hakodate bugyô]]'' in [[1854]]/6, the first to hold that post in conjunction with the port being opened to foreign activity.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 618.</ref> He came to work alongside [[Muragaki Norimasa]] on a number of matters pertaining to [[Ezo]]. | Prior to this embassy, Takeuchi was assigned ''[[Hakodate bugyo|Hakodate bugyô]]'' in [[1854]]/6, the first to hold that post in conjunction with the port being opened to foreign activity.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 618.</ref> He came to work alongside [[Muragaki Norimasa]] on a number of matters pertaining to [[Ezo]]. |