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Bugyo奉行alternative words: Bugyou, Commissioner, Magistrate, Magistracy keywords: office , title related topics: Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Edo shogunate , Hakodate bugyo , Machi bugyo explanation: A high ranking official of samirai, the name appeared first during Kamakura period and the function had changed with the epochs. The most well known examples are 5 Bugyo of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and different bugyos of Edo shogunate. For the latter case, bugyo is virtually equivalent to a government minister, a big city's mayor or a regional governor. For example: Kanjo bugyo = finance minister, Edo-machi bugyo = Tokyo's mayor, Hakodate bugyo = Hokkaido's governor. | |