The Saga Domain was sensitively aware that Tadakuni MIZUNO, roju (member of shogun's council of elders) of Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), was showing an interest in the western gunnery, and employed Junzaemon HIRAYAMA in Takeo to drive gunnery training and casting of guns in 1842. |
佐賀藩は、江戸幕府老中水野忠邦が西洋式砲術に興味を示しているのを敏感に察知して、天保13年(1842年)、武雄領の平山醇左衛門を砲術稽古及び大砲鋳造のために取り立てている。 |