地じ頭とう

noun

lord of a manor; manorial lord

Historical term for a Kamakura-period land steward who managed a manor and exercised local authority.

• 鎌かま倉くら時じ代だい、地じ頭とうは荘しょう園えんの管かん理りと年ねん貢ぐの徴ちょう収しゅうを行おこなった。

  In the Kamakura period, the jitō managed the manor and collected the annual tribute.

noun

estate steward; land steward

Overlaps with sense 1; specifically emphasizes the administrative and managerial role of the jitō.

• 地じ頭とうはしばしば荘しょう園えん領りょう主しゅと対たい立りつした。

  The estate steward often came into conflict with the manor lord.