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The ''machi doshiyori'' were assistants to the ''[[machi bugyo|machi bugyô]]'' (city magistrates) during the [[Edo period]].
The ''machi doshiyori'' were assistants to the ''[[machi bugyo|machi bugyô]]'' (city magistrates) during the [[Edo period]].
Neighborhood headmen (''[[nanushi]]'') of areas within [[Edo]] answered to the ''machi doshiyori'', and oversaw the ''[[goningumi]]'' (five-person collective responsibility groups), and guardhouses and gatehouses within their respective neighborhoods.<ref> Katô Takashi, "Governing Edo," in James McClain (ed.), ''Edo & Paris'', Cornell University Press (1994), 46.</ref>
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