Entering the middle of the Edo period, the jobs of this post became more like Denrei (the post for informing daimyo of instructions from the bakufu) or Gireikan (the post in charge of etiquette) in Denchu (the Edo castle), rather than the original post for inspection. |
江戸時代中期になると、従来の監察官としての色彩よりも伝令(幕府の命令を全国の大名に伝える役)や殿中(江戸城)での儀礼官としての色彩が濃くなる。 |