Sado bugyō
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Sado bugyō (佐渡奉行 Sado bugyō?) were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were usually fudai daimyō, but this was amongst the senior administrative posts open to those who were not daimyō.[1] Conventional interpretations have construed these Japanese titles as "commissioner" or "overseer" or "governor."
Sado island is the sixth largest in the Japanese archipelago. It is located in the Sea of Japan off the west coast of Echigo province in northwest Honshu. For much of its pre-modern history, exiles were banished to the island.
This bakufu title identifies an official responsible for administration of the mining operations at Sado.[2]
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[edit] The gold mine
In 1601, gold was discovered at Aikawa (相川?) This vein was mined vigorously; and Sado's gold mine developed into a major source of revenue for the Tokugawa shogunate, producing approximately 400 kg annually.
[edit] List of Sado bugyō
- Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Beasley, William G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853-1868, p. 325.
- ^ Cullen, Louis M. (2003). A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds, p. 112.
[edit] References
- Beasley, William G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853-1868. London: Oxford University Press. [reprinted by RoutledgeCurzon, London, 2001. 10-ISBN 0-197-13508-0; 13-ISBN 978-0-197-13508-2 (cloth)]
- Cullen, Louis M. (2003). A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10-ISBN 0-521-82155-X (cloth) -- 10-ISBN 0-521-52918-2 (paper)
