Storehouse Magistrate - Club Magistrate

One of the positions in the Edo Shogunate. A subordinate of the Finance Magistrate, he was the chief in charge of the collection and disbursement of rice tax for the Shogunate's territory. During the Keicho period, Ina Tadatsugu and Okubo Nagayasu individually had rice storehouses within the outer walls of Edo Castle, but it seems that the storehouse magistrate was established later. The storehouse magistrate was first seen in 1610 (Keicho 15), with the names of Matsukaze Sukeemon and Kurebayashi Yaemon. In the early Edo period, there was a clear distinction between storehouse rice and castle rice, and storehouse magistrates and castle rice magistrates were established. Asakusa Okura was established in 1620 (Genwa 6), and half of the storehouse magistrates in its jurisdiction were oban duty officers. The jurisdiction of the Magistrate of the Asakusa Gokura was limited to eastern Japan, and Magistrates for the Kamigata Gokura were located in Osaka, Nijo, Kyoto, and Takatsuki, Settsu Province.

[Mizuo Ohno]

“Edo Shogunate Financial History Theory” by Mizuo Ohno (1996, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)

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江戸幕府の職制の一つ。勘定奉行配下に属し、幕府領の年貢米の出納にあたる長官。慶長期には伊奈忠次(ただつぐ)、大久保長安(ながやす)らが個別に江戸城外郭内に米蔵をもっていたが、のち蔵奉行が成立したようである。蔵奉行の初見は1610年（慶長15）で松風助右衛門(まつかぜすけえもん)、紅林弥右衛門(くればやしやえもん)の名がみえる。江戸初期には蔵米(くらまい)と城米(じょうまい)は明確に区別され、蔵奉行と城米奉行が置かれていた。浅草御蔵(あさくさおくら)の成立は1620年（元和6）とされ、管轄する蔵奉行の半数は大番(おおばん)出役であった。浅草御蔵の蔵奉行の管轄地域は東日本に限られ、上方(かみがた)の御蔵には大坂、京都二条、摂津国高槻(たかつき)に蔵奉行が置かれていた。

［大野瑞男］

『大野瑞男著『江戸幕府財政史論』（1996・吉川弘文館）』

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