Hiromichi Ido

Japanese: 井戸弘道 - いど・ひろみち

Year of death: 26th July 1855 (7th September 1855)
Year of birth: Year of birth unknown. Shogunate official. Commonly known as Tetsutaro. Iwami no Kami. In December 1847, he was promoted from Nishimaru page guard to monk, and in August 1848 he became Nishimaru inspector, and in 1848 he became inspector and coastal defense officer. In April 1853 he became the Uraga magistrate. In June, the American fleet of Perry arrived in Uraga and demanded a letter from the shogun, so he was ordered to be in charge of reception. Together with fellow magistrate Toda Ujihide, he met with Perry in Kurihama as the representative of the shogunate, calling himself "Prince of Iwami," and received a personal letter from President Fillmore to the shogun. In December of the same year, he became oometsuke, coastal defense officer, and in 1854 he became inspector for military reform. He died while in office. <References> Ishii Takashi, "History of the Opening of Japan"

(Masatoshi Sakata)

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

Japanese:

没年：安政2.7.26(1855.9.7)
生年：生年不詳
幕臣。通称は鉄太郎。石見守。弘化3年12月(1847)西丸小姓組番士より徒頭に進み,4年8月西丸目付,嘉永1(1848)年目付,海防掛。6年4月浦賀奉行。6月米国ペリー艦隊が浦賀に来航し国書捧呈を迫ったため,応接掛を命ぜられた。同役戸田氏栄と共に久里浜において幕府代表「Prince of Iwami」と称してペリーと会見,フィルモア大統領の将軍宛親書を受領した。同年12月大目付,海防掛,安政1(1854)年軍制改正用掛兼任となる。在職中死去。<参考文献>石井孝『日本開国史』

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