Hiroshi Ando

…Published in 1915. The editor, Hiroshi Ando, ​​is presumably a Kanto Gundai tekiyaku (attached to the Kanto District Magistrate), but retired in 1869 (Meiji 2) to become an official of the Shizuoka Domain. After the abolition of the domains, he worked for the Ministry of Finance, and later edited this book. The book is illustrated and detailed, covering topics such as prefecture governance, officials, jurisdiction, government offices, expenses, duties, travel, land, taxes, land surveys, tributes, pawning, lending, grain storage, official records, citizen records, lawsuits, and penalties, and is an excellent book for learning about the local administration of the shogunate in the late early modern period. …

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…1915年刊。編者安藤博はおそらく関東郡代手付役と推測されるが，1869年(明治2)退職，静岡藩吏となり，廃藩後大蔵省に勤務し，のち本書を編集した。県治，吏員，管轄地，官庁，経費，職務，旅行をはじめ，土地，租税，検地，貢租，質地，貸与，貯穀，官簿，民簿，訴訟刑罰など絵入りで詳細であり，近世後期の幕府地方行政を知る好著。…

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