受領ずりょう

noun

provincial governor (mid-Heian period onward)

Historical term for a provincial governor appointed from the mid-Heian period, often with tax-collection and administrative duties.

• 受領ずりょうは平へい安あん時じ代だい中ちゅう期き以い降こうの地ち方ほう官かんを指さす。

  Zuryō refers to provincial officials from the middle of the Heian period onward.