目め付つけ

noun

inspector; censor; overseer (Edo period)

Historical term for an official in the Edo period tasked with surveillance, inspection, and oversight, often within the shogunate or domains.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、目め付つけは大だい名みょうや旗はた本もとの監かん視しを行おこなった。

  In the Edo period, the metsuke conducted surveillance of daimyo and hatamoto.