Hakodate bugyō

Hakodate bugyō (箱館奉行) were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan.

Hakodate is a port city on the southern coast of Hokkaidō island, separated from northern Honshū by the Tsugaru Strait.

In 1779, the Tokugawa shogunate exerted direct control over Hakodate, and rapid development in the area soon followed.

[2] This bakufu title identifies an official responsible for administration of the port city of Hakodate and neighboring territory of Ezo.

There were two men holding the title concurrently, one being at any given time in Hadodate and his counterpart would be in Edo; and periodically, the two would exchange places.