勘かん定じょう奉ぶ行ぎょう

noun

chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance

Historical title for the shogunate official in charge of financial affairs, including tax collection and expenditure, during the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど幕ばく府ふの勘かん定じょう奉ぶ行ぎょうは、財ざい政せいと直ちょっ轄かつ領りょうの管かん理りを担たん当とうした。

  The Edo shogunate's kanjō bugyō was responsible for financial affairs and the administration of the shogunate's direct domains.

noun

chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)

Earlier historical use referring to a senior financial officer serving a daimyo during the Muromachi period; distinct from the Edo-period shogunate post.

• 室むろ町まち時じ代だいの大だい名みょうのもとで、勘かん定じょう奉ぶ行ぎょうは財ざい政せいを司つかさどる重じゅう要ような役やく職しょくだった。

  Under daimyo in the Muromachi period, the kanjō bugyō was an important post overseeing finances.