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*''Japanese'': 代官 ''(daikan)''
*''Japanese'': 代官 ''(daikan)''
During the [[Edo period]], the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] appointed officials to oversee and administer areas of shogunate land, or ''[[tenryo|tenryô]]''; this post, which we might translate as "governor," "magistrate," or "district administrator," was called ''daikan'' in Japanese.
During the [[Edo period]], the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] appointed officials to oversee and administer areas of shogunate land, or ''[[tenryo|tenryô]]''; this post, which we might translate as "governor," "magistrate," or "district administrator," was called ''daikan'' in Japanese. They were overseen by the Bureau of Finance (''[[kanjo bugyo|kanjôsho]]'').<ref>Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), xxix.</ref>
A ''daikan'' typically administered an area worth 50,000 to 100,000 ''[[koku]]'', and maintained residences both in [[Edo]] and in the territory to which he was assigned. Within that territory, he was responsible for overseeing a range of government functions, including infrastructure projects, tax collection, and judicial matters.
A ''daikan'' typically administered an area worth 50,000 to 100,000 ''[[koku]]'', and maintained residences both in [[Edo]] and in the territory to which he was assigned. Within that territory, he was responsible for overseeing a range of government functions, including infrastructure projects, tax collection, and judicial matters.
Some [[han|domains]] also appointed officials called ''daikan'' to oversee portions of their territory. The [[Satsuma han]] official in charge of overseeing matters on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] was known by this title.<ref>Explanatory plaques on-site at [[Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum]].</ref>
==References==
==References==
*Craig, Teruko (trans.). ''Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai''. University of Arizona Press, 1988. p159n2.
*Craig, Teruko (trans.). ''Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai''. University of Arizona Press, 1988. p159n2.
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