Sakai Magistrate - Sakai Bugyo

One of the Edo Shogunate's distant province magistrates, located in Sakai, Izumi Province (Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture). Under the control of the Roju, they were selected from among the Hatamoto with stipends between 1,000 and 3,000 koku. There was no set term of office, and they had 10 Yoriki and 50 Constables as subordinates. It began in 1600 (Keicho 5) when Naruse Masanari and Yonezu Seiemon were appointed as Sakai Mandokoro. The position was limited to one person, but was temporarily abolished in 1696 (Genroku 9) and held by the Osaka-machi magistrate, but was re-established in 1702 and continued until the end of the Edo period. The magistrate's residence was located between Kuruma-no-machi Yamaguchi-suji and Tono-baba. In addition to general civil administration in the northern and southern areas of Sakai, their duties included overseeing rice distribution, firefighting, police, thread distribution, stock companies, rivers, temples and shrines, etc. In addition, they initially controlled the entire province of Izumi.

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

和泉(いずみ)国堺（大阪府堺市）に置かれた江戸幕府遠国(おんごく)奉行の一つ。老中(ろうじゅう)の支配下にあって、原則として知行高(ちぎょうだか)1000石以上3000石以下の旗本のなかから選任された。任期は定まらず、下僚として与力(よりき)10騎、同心50人がいた。1600年（慶長5）成瀬正成(なるせまさなり)、米津清右衛門(よねきつせいえもん)両人が堺政所(まんどころ)に補せられたのに始まる。定員は1名であるが、1696年（元禄9）に一時廃止され大坂町奉行が兼務したが、1702年に再置、以後幕末まで続いた。奉行屋敷は、車之町山口筋と殿馬場(とのばば)との間にあった。職務は堺南北両郷の一般民政のほか、廻米(かいまい)、消防、警察、糸割符(いとわっぷ)、株仲間(かぶなかま)、河川、寺社などを管掌した。あわせて当初には和泉一国をも支配した。

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