守しゅ護ご代だい

noun

acting shugo; deputy military governor

Historical term for a deputy who acted on behalf of a shugo (military governor) during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods. Often used in contexts discussing medieval Japanese governance.

See also: 守護

• 守しゅ護ご代だいは、守しゅ護ごの不ふ在ざい時じに領りょう国ごくを統とう治ちした。

  The deputy military governor governed the province in the absence of the shugo.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいには、守しゅ護ご代だいが実じっ権けんを握にぎることもあった。

  During the Warring States period, deputy military governors sometimes held real power.