Town official - machiyakunin

Japanese: 町役人 - まちやくにん

It can also be read as "choyakunin." In the Edo period, this was the general term for officials who worked on the administrative affairs of towns in the Shogunate's territories and feudal domains, and they were of the townspeople's status. They were under the control of the town magistrates appointed by the Shogunate or feudal domain, and their structure and names differed from town to town. In Edo, under the cho-noshiyori were the cho-naoshu (town headman), tsukigyo-ji (monthly affairs officer), and scribes, while in Osaka, under the so-noshiyori were the cho-noshiyori and machi-dai (town councilors), and in Settsu and Sakai, under the so-noshiyori were the toshiyori and tsukigyo-ji (monthly affairs officer). In Kyoto, the tsukigyo-ji and nen-gyoji (monthly affairs officer) elected by mutual votes among the toshiyori of each town were in charge of town administration, and there was also the cho-dai (town councilor) who was dedicated to town affairs. Usually, they would use part of their home as their office, and in some cases they would employ clerks to assist them with the administration. → Village officials / castle towns → Related topics Fukuchiyama | Town council office

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Japanese:

〈ちょうやくにん〉とも読む。江戸時代，幕府領・藩領の町方において，町の行政事務に従事した役人の総称で，身分は町人であった。幕府や藩によって任用された町奉行の支配下にあり，その構成や名称は町によって異なる。江戸では町年寄の下に町名主・月行事(がちぎょうじ‖つきぎょうじ)・書役など，大坂では惣年寄の下に町年寄・町代など，摂津堺では惣年寄の下に年寄・月行事などがあった。京都では各町の年寄が互選した月行事・年行事が町政にあたり，ほかに町業務に専念する町代がいた。に通常自宅の一部を執務場所とし，事務補佐のため手代などを雇う場合もみられた。→村役人／城下町
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