Bugyō (奉行) was a title assigned to samurai officials in feudal Japan. Bugyō is often translated as commissioner, magistrate, or governor, and other terms...

the daimyos), machi-bugyō (commissioners of administrative and judicial functions in major cities, especially Edo), ongoku bugyō [ja] (遠国奉行, the commissioners...

Chinzei Bugyō (鎮西奉行), or Defense Commissioner of the West, was the name given to a post created in 1186 to oversee the defense of Kyūshū. At the time...

government is"). The Kanjō-bugyō (finance commissioners) were responsible for the financial matters of the shogunate, whereas the Jisha-Bugyō handled matters related...

The Go-Bugyō (五奉行, go-Bugyō) or Five Commissioners, was an administrative organ of feudal Japan which later evolved into the Go-Tairō (Council of Five...

projects in the 1630s. The sakuji-bugyō was considered to rank approximately with the kanjō-bugyō and machi-bugyō. Sakuma Sanekatsu Kano Motokatsu Sakai...

(1865) Bugyō Beasley, William G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868, p. 323. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Jisha-bugyō" in...

Kanagawa bugyō (神奈川奉行) were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. This office was created on July 3, 1859, when five fudai daimyō were...

and mayor. The machi-bugyō were expected to manage a full range of administrative and judicial responsibilities. The machi-bugyō was expected to be involved...

of the wall-building and moat-dredging work of the fushin-bugyō, the position of sakuji-bugyō was created in 1632 as part of an effort to tighten administrative...