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Hasegawa Fujihiro was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official who served as ''[[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]]'' around [[1610]]-[[1612]].  

Hasegawa Fujihiro was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official who served as ''[[Nagasaki bugyo|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.

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.

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