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'''Zaichôkanjin''', or "resident public officials", were provincial elites in the eleventh and twelfth-centuries. They generally had origins as either courtiers who had settled in the provinces, or as descendants of former indigenous elites, and came to dominate local government. As merely provincial powers they lacked autonomy within the [[shoen]] system and fell under the jurisdiction of the [[kokushi]] (provincial governors), or alternatively could commend their lands to a shoen proprietor.

'''Zaichôkanjin''' (在庁官人), or "resident public officials", were provincial elites in the eleventh and twelfth-centuries. They generally had origins as either courtiers who had settled in the provinces, or as descendants of former indigenous elites, and came to dominate local government. As merely provincial powers they lacked autonomy within the [[shoen]] system and fell under the jurisdiction of the [[kokushi]] (provincial governors), or alternatively could commend their lands to a shoen proprietor.

Houses with ''zaichôkanjin'' origins include the [[Chiba clan|Chiba]], the [[Ashikaga clan|Ashikaga]], and the [[Miura clan|Miura]]. Following the [[Gempei War]], it was ''zaichôkanjin'' houses such as these that would adopt the [[bakufu]] as their patron rather than the traditional kokushi or shoen proprietors.  

Houses with ''zaichôkanjin'' origins include the [[Chiba clan|Chiba]], the [[Ashikaga clan|Ashikaga]], and the [[Miura clan|Miura]]. Following the [[Gempei War]], it was ''zaichôkanjin'' houses such as these that would adopt the [[bakufu]] as their patron rather than the traditional kokushi or shoen proprietors.