地じ頭とう代だい

noun

deputy estate steward; deputy jitō

Historical term for a deputy to a jitō (medieval estate steward). Used in contexts of Kamakura-period land management.

See also: 地頭 (じとう)

• 鎌かま倉くら時じ代だい、地じ頭とう代だいは地じ頭とうの代だい理りとして荘しょう園えんを管かん理りした。

  In the Kamakura period, the deputy jitō managed the estate on behalf of the jitō.