Kiyomasa Ishitani - ISHIGAI・KIYOMASA

Japanese: 石谷清昌 - いしがい・きよまさ

Year of death: Tenmei 2.11.10 (1782.12.14)
Year of birth: 1715
A hatamoto (samurai vassal) in the mid-Edo period. After serving as Nishinomaru Kojunin no toshi (head of the small ten-man shogunate), Nishinomaru Metsuke (assistant in the shogunate), and Sado magistrate, he was appointed as the financial magistrate in October 1759, and in the 12th year of the same year, he also served as the Nagasaki magistrate. He was mainly in charge of trade and Nagasaki-related matters, and was responsible for the import of silver for the issuance of Nanryo Nishu ban and the establishment of the Osaka Copper Mint to control copper exports. He also dispatched contractors who had been given zokan (signature) to various villages in order to increase the production of straw bags of goods, and worked to popularize the manufacturing method. When he was relieved of his duties as Nagasaki magistrate in June 1770, he was rewarded for his achievements and his stipend was increased by 300 koku to 800 koku. He was ordered to continue serving the Nagasaki government in Edo. Later, while also serving as a chief retainer of the Tayasu family, in 1776 he served as the Shogun Tokugawa Ieshige's advisor for the Nikko Shrine and in reducing the expenses of the Imperial Court.In April of the same year, he was transferred to caretaker duties, and resigned in October of the Tenmei period (1782).

(Takeshi Hariya)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：天明2.11.10(1782.12.14)
生年：正徳5(1715)
江戸中期の旗本。西ノ丸小十人頭,西ノ丸目付,佐渡奉行を経て宝暦9(1759)年10月勘定奉行,同12年に長崎奉行を兼ねる。主に貿易・長崎関係を担当し,南鐐二朱判の発行のための銀の輸入,輸出銅の統制のために大坂銅座の設立などを行い,また俵物の増産のため添翰を渡した請負商を各地の浦々に派遣しその製法の普及に努めた。明和7(1770)年6月長崎奉行の兼帯を解かれた際,その功を賞され300石加増され800石となる。引き続き長崎御用を江戸にて勤めるよう命じられた。その後,田安家家老を兼ねながら安永5(1776)年将軍徳川家治の日光社参の掛,朝廷経費削減などの職務を行い,同8年4月留守居に転じ,天明2(1782)年10月辞任した。

(針谷武志)

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