Nagasaki Guard

Japanese: 長崎警衛 - ながさきけいえい

During the Edo period, this was a Shogunate military service imposed on neighboring feudal domains to guard Nagasaki. It generally refers to the guard duties of the Fukuoka and Saga domains, who took turns guarding the Nishidomari and Tomachi guard posts at the entrance to Nagasaki port on an annual basis from 1641 to 1864 (Kan'ei 18 to Genji 1). The Nagasaki Magistrate was mostly a Hatamoto vassal with a stipend of 2,000 to 3,000 koku or less, and did not have the military power, including their vassals, to deal with foreign affairs. Therefore, when a church in the city was destroyed in 1614 (Keicho 19), soldiers were called in from the five Hizen domains, and thereafter the neighboring Omura domain was responsible for guarding the Nanban ships anchored there, detaining Christians and other foreign criminals, and guarding the city during the Shimabara Rebellion.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代に長崎の警備のため近隣諸藩に課された幕府軍役。一般には1641‐1864年(寛永18‐元治1)に長崎港口の西泊，戸町の沖両番所を1年交代で受け持った福岡藩，佐賀藩の警備をいう。長崎奉行はおおむね2000～3000石以下の旗本で，家臣団を含め外事案件に対処できる軍事力は持たなかったので，1614年(慶長19)の市内の教会破壊に際しては肥前5藩の兵員を徴し，その後も停泊中の南蛮船の警備やキリシタンなど外事犯の拘禁，島原の乱時の市中警固は隣接の大村藩が担当した。

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