regional administrator; local government official
Archaic term for an official appointed to administer a region or locality, especially in pre-modern Japan. The modern equivalent is 地方行政官.
See also: 地方行政官
In the Edo period, regional administrators were officials dispatched by the shogunate.
This document bears the signature of a local government official.
Compound of 地方 (region) and 官 (official). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term was used in pre-modern administrative contexts.