1. Gunkan-bugyō, also known as kaigun-bugō, were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were usually fudai daimyō. Conventional interpretations have construed these Japanese titles as "commissioner" or "overseer" or "governor. " This bakufu tile identifies an official with responsibility for naval matters. The office was created on March 28, 1859.
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