Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Hakodate bugyo

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Hakodate bugyo

函館奉行
keywords: northern territory , office
related topics: Edo shogunate , Bugyo , Ezochi , Matsumae domain
explanation: Matsumae domain owing a small number of soldiers (samurai), they were unable to stop Russian incursions. For that reason, Edo shogunate put the eastern part of Hokkaido and Kuril islands, i.e. Eastern Ezochi under its direct administration in 1802. The administration office had been at Hakodate in the south of Hokkaido until 1807 when it was replaced by Matsumae Bugyo which came to control all the Matsumae domain.