Sueyoshi Magozaemon - Sueyoshi Magozaemon

In the early Edo period, Yoshiyasu was a wealthy merchant and red seal ship trader in Hirano, Osaka. His name was Yoshiyasu, and he was also known as Hirano Magozaemon. Together with his father, Kanbei Toshikata, he was close to Tokugawa Ieyasu from an early stage, and after the Battle of Sekigahara, in 1601 (Keicho 6), he participated in the establishment of Fushimi Ginza by order of Ieyasu, and Kanbei served as its leader. In 1607, he succeeded his father, and was also appointed as the magistrate of Shiki and Kawachi counties in Kawachi Province (Osaka Prefecture) due to his achievements in the Siege of Osaka. He was well-liked by senior vassals of the shogunate, such as Doi Toshikatsu, Sakai Tadayo, and Honda Tadakatsu, as well as Konchiin Suden. From 1604 to 1609, they received red seal letters every year and sent merchant ships to Luzon to engage in trade. His descendant, Saemon Nagakata, succeeded his father and was also appointed magistrate of Kawachi and Shiki counties, and sent red seal ships to Tokyo (Tonkin) every year, thus enforcing national isolation. These red seal ships of the Sueyoshi family are called Sueyoshi ships, and three votive plaques depicting the Sueyoshi ships returning home from Tokyo in November 1632 (Kan'ei 9), 1633, and 1634 have been donated to Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto.

[Numata Satoshi]

"The History of Trade by Red Seal Ships" by Genjiro Kawashima (1921, Takumisha)

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江戸前期、大坂平野(ひらの)の豪商、朱印船貿易家。名を吉康(よしやす)といい、平野孫左衛門とも称す。その父勘兵衛利方(としかた)とともに、早くより徳川家康にも接近し、関ヶ原の戦い後、1601年（慶長6）家康の命により伏見(ふしみ)銀座の創設に参画し、勘兵衛は頭役(かしらやく)を勤めた。07年父の跡を継ぎ、また大坂の陣の功により河内(かわち)国（大阪府）志紀(しき)・河内両郡の代官にも任ぜられた。幕府の重臣土井利勝(としかつ)、酒井忠世(ただよ)、本多忠勝(ただかつ)などや金地院崇伝(こんちいんすうでん)の知遇を受ける。また04年より16年の間、連年朱印状を受けて呂宋(ルソン)方面に商船を派遣して貿易に従事した。その子孫左衛門長方(ながかた)も父の跡を継ぎ、同様に河内・志紀両郡代官に任ぜられるとともに、毎年朱印船を東京(トンキン)方面に派遣して鎖国に及んだ。この末吉家の朱印船を末吉船と称し、京都の清水寺(きよみずでら)には、1632年（寛永9）11月、33年、34年と東京からの帰国船を描いた3面の末吉船の絵馬が献納されている。

［沼田　哲］

『川島元次郎著『朱印船貿易史』（1921・巧人社）』

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