Head magistrate - Daikangashira

Japanese: 代官頭 - だいかんがしら

The name of the powerful Daidaikan who were at the center of control of the Kanto domain in the early Edo period. Generally, it refers to powerful local samurai such as Ina Tadatsugu (Bizen no Kami) of Mikawa, Okubo Nagayasu (Iwami no Kami) a former retainer of Takeda, and Hikosaka Motomasa and Hasegawa Nagatsuna, former retainers of Imagawa. They were in charge of land surveys and granting stipends before entering Kanto in 1590 (Tensho 18), but after entering the region, they became part of Tokugawa Ieyasu's close aides and carried out local administration by directing the Daidaikan and clerks while participating in the Shogunate government. In particular, they exercised individual control centering on the village camps, but from the many documents issued by a joint force, it is clear that the Daidaikan controlled the entire Kanto region.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸初期の関東領国支配の中心であった有力な大代官の呼称。一般に三河譜代の伊奈忠次(備前守)，武田旧臣の大久保長安(石見守)，今川旧臣の彦坂元正，長谷川長綱らの有力な地方巧者（じかたこうしや）をいう。彼らは1590年(天正18)関東入国以前から検地や給人知行を担当したが，入国以後は徳川家康の側近グループの一翼となり，幕政に参画しながら代官，手代を指揮して地方行政を実施した。とくに在村の陣屋を中心に個別支配を行うとともに，多くの連署による発給文書から代官頭は関東全域の支配に当たっていたことがわかる。

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