Governor of the domain

A local official in the early Meiji period. On June 17, 1869 (Meiji 2), the Meiji government, receiving a petition from the four feudal lords of Satsuma, Choshu, Tosa, and Hizen, carried out the return of the domain and people to the Emperor, appointed the former feudal lords as governors, and abolished the titles of nobility and feudal lords to the nobility. The subsequent reforms of various affairs reduced the authority of the governors compared to the former feudal lords. One-tenth of the current koku was made the governor's stipend, and reports on the domain's rice yield, products, taxation, military personnel, population, etc. were made mandatory. Furthermore, in September 1870, the feudal domain system was promulgated, standardizing the organization and finances of the domains, making reports on penalties mandatory, and the governors' morning assembly was set to once every three years, with a stay of three months in Kyoto. On July 14, 1471, when the abolition of the feudal domains and establishment of prefectures was carried out, the feudal domain governors were abolished and ordered to live in Tokyo, and instead governors (fu) and prefectural governors (ken) were appointed as bureaucrats.

[Inoue Isao]

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明治初年の地方官。1869年（明治2）6月17日、薩長土肥(さっちょうどひ)四藩主の建白を受けた維新政府は版籍奉還を断行、旧藩主をそれぞれ知藩事に任命し、公卿(くぎょう)諸侯の称を廃して華族とした。ついで通達された諸務変革により、旧藩主に比べ、知藩事の権限は縮小された。現石の10分の1が知藩事の家禄(かろく)とされ、藩の石高(こくだか)、物産、税制、兵員、人口などの報告が義務づけられた。さらに70年9月藩制が布達されて、藩組織、財政が画一化され、刑罰の報告が義務づけられ、知藩事朝集は3年に一度、滞京3か月とされた。71年7月14日、廃藩置県が断行されると、知藩事は廃されて東京在住が命じられ、かわりに官僚たる知事（府）、県令（県）が置かれた。

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