Mainly a 6th and 7th century position translated as "magistrate."
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*''Japanese'': 国造 ''(kuni no miyatsuko)''
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Mainly a 6th and 7th century position translated as "magistrate." William de Bary describes the ''kuni no miyatsuko'' as "the old local nobles whose power was at this time [c. [[604]] when the [[Seventeen-Article Constitution]] was written] giving way to that of the central government."<ref>William Theodore de Bary, ''Sources of Japanese Tradition'', vol 1, Second Edition, Columbia University Press (2001), 53n39.</ref>