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The ''wakadoshiyori'', sometimes known as "junior councillors," were a group of high-ranking shogunal advisors, chosen from among the ''fudai daimyô'', and nominally considered as just below the ''[[roju|rôjû]]'', though they wielded considerably less power.

The ''wakadoshiyori'', sometimes known as "junior councillors," were a group of high-ranking shogunal advisors, chosen from among the ''fudai daimyô'', and nominally considered as just below the ''[[roju|rôjû]]'', though they wielded considerably less power.

The main role of the ''wakadoshiyori'' was to oversee the ''[[hatamoto]]'', along with their lands and activities. ''[[Metsuke]]'' (inspectors) informed the ''wakadoshiyori'' of conditions in the ''hatamoto'' households and fiefs, and of whether policies were being obeyed.

The main role of the ''wakadoshiyori'' was to oversee the ''[[metsuke]]'' (inspectors) and ''[[hatamoto]]'' (shogunal bannermen), along with their lands and activities. ''Metsuke'' informed the ''wakadoshiyori'' of conditions in the ''hatamoto'' households and fiefs, and of whether policies were being obeyed. The ''wakadoshiyori'' also oversaw a number of other groups of shogunal officials, including magistrates of lesser public works (''[[fushin bugyo|kobushi bugyô]]''), castle guards (''[[shoinban]]''), shogunal pages (''[[kosho|koshô]]''), ''hatamoto'' [[firemen]] (''jô-bikeshi''), shogunate commanders of archers & gunmen (''[[sakite kumigashira]]''), arson & theft inspectors (''hitsuke tôzoku aratame''), and workhouse magistrates (''[[yoseba bugyo|yoseba bugyô]]'').<ref> Katô Takashi, "Governing Edo," in James McClain (ed.), ''Edo & Paris'', Cornell University Press (1994), 46.</ref>

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==References==

==References==

*Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), xxiv-xxviii.

*Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), xxiv-xxviii.

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