地方官
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Meanings
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regional administrator; local government official
archaic
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.