按察使あぜち

noun

travelling inspector of provincial governments (Nara and Heian periods)

Historical government position responsible for inspecting provincial administration during the Nara and Heian periods.

• 按察使あぜちは奈な良ら時じ代だいに地ち方ほう行ぎょう政せいを監かん察さつするために置おかれた官かん職しょくである。

  The Azechi was a government post established in the Nara period to inspect local administration.