In 1720, the shogunate established the post of Uraga bugyō, whose responsibility was to police traffic and to organize coastal defenses, and the entrances to the harbor were fortified with cannon again possible incursions by foreign ships in violation of Japan’s national isolation policy.
Uraga | bugyō | Uraga, Kanagawa | Uraga Channel | Uraga bugyō | Jisha-bugyō | Fushimi ''bugyō'' |