Ise County Magistrate - Isegundai

…One of the Edo Shogunate's local administrative agencies, the Magistrate of a Distant Country. It is also called the Isemachi Magistrate, the Isegundai, or the Ise Yamadamachi Magistrate. Yamada in Ise Province developed as a temple town for the Ise Grand Shrine in the Middle Ages, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi made it a direct territory and appointed Kanbe Sadanaga, who served the shrine, as the Magistrate to govern it. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Ise Gundai" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…江戸幕府の地方行政機関，遠国奉行の一つ。伊勢町奉行，伊勢郡代，伊勢山田町奉行などともいう。伊勢国山田は中世には伊勢神宮の門前町として発展したが，豊臣秀吉はこれを直轄地とし，神宮仕職の神部貞永を奉行に任命して支配にあたらせた。…

※「伊勢郡代」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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