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Updated: June 30, 2026

These commissioners numbered thirty-six, and each had his own sphere of duties: as the shonin bugyo, who controlled judicial affairs; the tosen bugyo, who dealt with affairs of foreign trade; the jisha bugyo, who superintended temples and shrines; the onsho bugyo, who had to do with official rewards, etc.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era