Kakushi metsuke

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  • Japanese: 隠し目付 (kakushi metsuke)

Kakushi metsuke, or "secret inspectors", were shogunate officials sent to secretly observe conditions in a daimyô domain (han) while other officials, formally received and shown around by domain officials, engaged in an inspection tour of the domain.

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References

  • Roberts, Luke. Performing the Great Peace: Political Space and Open Secrets in Tokugawa Japan. University of Hawaii Press, 2012. p66.
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