Clerk - Tedai

Japanese: 手代 - てだい

〘noun〙① To act on someone's behalf. Also, that person. A substitute. ※Midokanpakuki - September 11, 1009 (Kanko 6) "The Sojo serves the priest in his service, and the assistant priests are sent to provide guidance." ※Mansai Jungo Nikki - July 19, 1429 (Shocho 2) "At Sendo Rikakuin, Sojo and the Five Great Masters are engaged in a joint practice of the Dharma. _The _second assistant priest will be present at Nyoi-ji Temple." ② During the Edo period, a minor official who belonged to a county magistrate or a daikan and was under their command, in charge of general civil affairs such as tax collection, construction, police, and trials. Their duties were no different from those of the tetsuki (handmaidens) who were subordinates to the same county magistrates and daikan, but whereas the tetsuki were vassals of the shogunate, they were recruited from the peasants. ※From the essay Oritaku Shiba no Ki (circa 1716): "This must be because there were some things that I did for the magistrate's office." ③ A minor official in the Edo Shogunate. Those who belonged to the Magistrate of the Treasury, the Magistrate of Construction, the Magistrate of Small Construction, the Magistrate of Forestry, the Magistrate of Lacquer, the Magistrate of Writing, the Magistrate of Tatami, the Magistrate of Timber and Stone, the Magistrate of Lost Places, the River Boat Inspection Office, and the Magistrate of Osaka Damage, and performed miscellaneous tasks. ※From the Kanpo Shusei Edicts - July 18, 1713 (Shotoku 3): "The section lists the various groups' yoriki, doshin, and clerks." ④ A minor official in various feudal domains during the Edo period. ※The Umezu Masakage Diary - July 23, 1612 (Keicho 17): "The stamp and tetai note was given to Kawai Yoshihei." ⑤ A servant in a merchant's household who was ranked between the clerk and the apprentice . He became a servant about ten years later. *Ukiyo-zoshi, Koshoku Ichidai Otoko (1682), vol. 1 "He seems to be a clerk for a tea master in Uji, and his judgment is not mistaken." ⑥ A type of commercial servant. Along with a storekeeper, he has the authority to represent a certain type or specific matter related to business. Unlike a manager, his authority does not extend to business in general. Today, he is usually called a chief, section chief, or branch office manager. [Eiwa Kibokuho Jirui (1878)] ⑦ In the Edo period, he worked in the division room of a theater and was in charge of accounting affairs under the direction of the bookkeeper. [Theater New Stories (around 1804-09)]

Te-shiro [Clerk]

〘 noun 〙 = tegawari (hand-substitute) ① ※ Zappai, Omote Wakaba (1732) "The dancer's mother was the assistant dressing room attendant."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 人の代理をすること。また、その人。てがわり。※御堂関白記‐寛弘六年（1009）九月一一日「僧正奉仕御修善、手代僧進円不云案内」※満済准后日記‐正長二年（1429）七月一九日「於仙洞理覚院尊順僧正五大尊合行法勤修云々。如意寺准后為_二手代_一参住云々」② 江戸時代、郡代・代官に属し、その指揮をうけ、年貢徴収、普請、警察、裁判など民政一般をつかさどった小吏。同じ郡代・代官の下僚の手付(てつき)と職務内容は異ならないが、手付が幕臣であったのに対し、農民から採用された。※随筆・折たく柴の記（1716頃）中「御代官所の手代などいふものの、私にせし所あるが故なるべし」③ 江戸幕府の小吏。御蔵奉行、作事奉行、小普請奉行、林奉行、漆奉行、書替奉行、畳奉行、材木石奉行、闕所物奉行、川船改役、大坂破損奉行などに属し、雑役に従ったもの。※御触書寛保集成‐一八・正徳三年（1713）七月「諸組与力、同心、手代等明き有之節」④ 江戸時代、諸藩におかれた小吏。※梅津政景日記‐慶長一七年（1612）七月二三日「其切手・てたいの書付、川井嘉兵へに有」⑤ 商家で番頭と丁稚(でっち)との間に位する使用人。奉公して一〇年ぐらいでなった。※浮世草子・好色一代男（1682）一「宇治の茶師の手代(テタイ)めきて、かかる見る目は違はじ」⑥ 商業使用人の一つ。番頭とならんで、営業に関するある種類または特定の事項について代理権を有するもの。支配人と異なり営業全般について代理権は及ばない。現在では、ふつう部長、課長、出張所長などと呼ばれる。〔英和記簿法字類（1878）〕⑦ 江戸時代、劇場の仕切場(しきりば)に詰め、帳元の指揮をうけ会計事務をつかさどったもの。〔劇場新話（1804‐09頃）〕